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8 Questions to Ask Before Incorporating Your Business Partnership
So you've found a business partner to help make your idea a reality. Be sure to ask yourselves these eight questions before incorporating.
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5 Reasons It Might Be Time to Find a New Business Partner
Business partnerships are great—when they work. Here are five reasons it might be time to split up with your business partner.
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How to Evaluate a Joint Venture
Joint ventures offer companies the opportunity to quickly gain access to new markets or technologies. However, consider these eight tips before diving in to be sure it makes sense for your business.
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How to Structure a Partnership
Partnerships are incredibly common--and incredibly hard to sustain. Here's how to set up a partnership that is equitable, efficient, and mutually rewarding.
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Joint Ventures in Peril?
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could make it much less attractive for companies to work together as joint venture partne... Read more
How do I make a joint venture work?
Leadership & Strategy mentor Keith Lamb responds: We at the Lamb Group have had both good and bad experiences with joint ventures.... Read more
Definitions Behind Business Name Jargon
One reason the law of business names often seems confusing is that the subject is riddled with lots of arcane and often overlapping legal jargon. For exam... Read more
Partnership Basics
A partnership is an association of two or more persons, known as general partners, who act as co-owners of a business and operate it for profit. The other... Read more
Family Limited Partnerships
Advice on creating family limited partnerships. Read more
David and Goliath Do a Deal
A small legal software company teams up with IBM to help sell its software package. Read more
Look Ma--No Bankers
Manufacturer of candy boxes learns why banks take a dim of limited partnerships. Read more
The Partnership Route
Joint ventures with foreign markets can bring new frontiers in technology and management. Read more
The Family Cache
By forming new corporations or partnerships with younger relatives, owners of closely held companies can save on income and estate taxes without affecting th... Read more
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They may never replace traditional venture capital, but for some companies these deals are a better way to raise money. Read more
How To Fuel Growth Through Limited Partners
Tom Keaveney kept control of his business by growing with tax-sheltered partnership dollars. Read more
The Equity Partnership As A Seed For Start-ups
Since the limited partners get the early losses, they demand less equity from founders at the time of tax-free conversion. Read more
Family Limited Partnership
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Joint Ventures
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Partnership Agreement
Partnership agreements are written documents that explicitly detail the relationship between the business partners and their individual obligations and co... Read more
Partnership
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A Limited Success
Limited partnerships still offer an attractive source of capital for growing companies -- provided you can figure out how to sell the deal. Read more
SBA Offers More Help to Inner-City Firms
The Small Business Administration this week unveiled another program aimed at boosting support for inner-city businesses, the third in a series of initiat... Read more
Research Consortia: Who Loses?
Just when you thought you had the competition cornered, you hear footsteps behind you. And it isn't just another gutsy rival spoiling for a fight. It is ... Read more
Finding the Perfect Business Partner
Hewlett and Packard. Sears and Roebuck. Johnson ... Read more
Raising Money through Equity Investments
Equity investors buy a piece of your business. They become co-owners and share in the fortunes andmisfortunes of your business. Like you, they can make or... Read more
Watch Those VCs Smile
The top 10 venture capital firms of 1993. Read more
IBM Unveils New Virtualization Adoption Toolset
IBM has launched a new set of tools to help its business partners identify opportunities for small businesses to save on IT investment by consolidating and v... Read more
Choosing Strategic Partners that Really Partner
Ever feel like a six-armed octopus? "If I only had two more arms, I could accomplish so much more!" Every entrepreneur is a master multitasker, always doi... Read more
When to Stop Bootstrapping It
It may feel good to have launched your company without outside funding. But there comes a time when a financial partner is the only way to continue to grow. Read more
A New Pool Of Capital To Help Fund Research
As more and more companies turn to research and development limited partnerships as a source of capital, Wall Street is starting to reach out further for ... Read more
A New Twist On Limited Partnerships
The research and development limited partnership is hardly a standard capital-raising device, but exotic variations on it have already begun to emerge.Read more
The Possibilities of Partnering
It's easier to go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in business when you have partners. Reinventing wheels, growing each piece of your business on your own, and... Read more
How Can I Choose Compatible Joint Venture Partners?
Lisa Jacobson, president of Manhattan-based Stanford Coaching Inc., asks potential joint venture partners to take the same behavioral test she uses ... Read more
IBM Introduces New Business Partners Incentive
IBM (NYSE:IBM) has launched a new initiative to encourage their Business Partners to increase revenue and improve customer service. Grow Your Business wit... Read more
Benchmark: Partnering for Products
Some results of a survey of 437 fast-growth companies about collaborating with outside corporate partners. Read more
The Enemy Within
Tim Wagner and his partners were so successful in challenging Procter Gamble for a share of the diaper market that they never saw the threat from... Read more
Details, Details, Details
Various business people tell what it's like to manage a strategic partnership. Read more
Joint Marketing Ventures for Small Business
As a solopreneur it's easy to overlook the potential for outstanding marketing campaigns utilizing the strength and visibility behind other businesses, es... Read more
Small Business Consortia
Related Terms: Cooperatives Business consortia are a... Read more
For Women Only
Descriptions of four groups dedicated to investing in woman-owned companies. Read more
Go East, Young Man
First-person account of a joint venture in Eastern Europe. Read more
License to Thrive
The right partnership can drive sales -- while reducing your workload. Read more
Small Business/Large Business Relationships
Many small business owners see large businesses exclusively in competitive terms. For small enterprises that compete directly with larger companies, this ... Read more
Robert Wood Johnson Was Inspired
Robert Wood Johnson was inspired after hearing a British surgeon's speech citing airborne germs as the leading cause of infections in hospitals. In 1886, ... Read more
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