I've been a commercial real estate broker for 5 years now and have ventured into a handful of business partnerships - some have worked and some have nearly ruined me. What I find, on a surface level, is that you must absolutely share the same VALUES and MISSION as your potential partner. Having e...
I think the closest analogy would be - the same way you're flirting with a girl. Like, if you know she's really interested you call the next day. If she's not then you "play hard to get" and wait the standard 3 days. You have to look at their indicators of interest, whether there's a specific ti...
If I understood correctly, you are planning to create the app for free in exchange for percentages/shares in the business/startup? If so, the best option would be to partner with accelerators/incubators and other organizations that work with startups who have good ideas. I personally work with hu...
Great question. Happy to have a conversation on this (I currently have a reduced launch rate) and explore your options but here are my top tips. 1) Tailor my advice to your business's niche and obviously look in that area, but for example great cofounders could probably be found as follows - cont...
This question leads me to believe there are a limited number of people in the company. With that said, and I mean this sincerely; why do you need a title? If you are a key person in an early stage start-up what will the title do for you? Will it pigeon hole you into a specific role or skill set w...
Hi, I've helped people buy and sell businesses for years and have helped people dissolve and create partnerships and raise capital. When you take on a partner, you're selling a piece of a business. Either the one you have now or the one you hope to grow into. The question is, 'what do you expec...
1. Money. 2. Leads. 3. Education. If you're saying margin is an issue, you should skew to the side of education and lead funnel model. At the end of the day, most good partners will always go with the vendors that are going to make them the most money. You should be rewarding the most loyal with ...
It’s all about ensuring the value delivered becomes mission-critical to the end-user team. Once other solutions are replaced or surpassed by the efficacy and ease of use of your platform, there are ripple effects that impact later tech evaluations and even change staffing plans over time. Once ...
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Organisationally, the resellers would have to match the potential volume. The organisation needed to support Software and Services are different that resellers of SaaS. With a target of 250k annually in volume, would only leave room for a few employees, depending on where you are in the world, so...