Partnerships Part 2: How To Choose Your Ideal Business Partner

Most people choose a business partner the way they'd choose a dinner date: based on who's sitting in front of them right now.

Sam's business partner Shane Barker reckons that's the trap.

Use the marriage analogy again and it becomes obvious: who you dated, who you got engaged to, who you married in year one - that's not who you're living with fifteen years later. So the question isn't "are they great today?" The question is "can we evolve together?"

In part two of this three-part series, Sam and Shane get practical about selection. Fourteen years in business together, hundreds of partnerships observed through coaching, and a previous career spent divorcing people for a living. They know what the early warning signs look like.

They also hand over the actual tools they use to assess someone before a shareholders agreement goes anywhere near a lawyer.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The six human needs, and why sharing at least one of your top two with a partner predicts whether you'll agree on direction for the next decade
• Why significance as a primary driver is the one to watch, and what happens when two partners both have it
• The profiling tools worth running before you sign, and what each one actually tells you
• Why a good partner should be a reflection of your lacking components, not a copy of you
• The testing phase: how one multi-site owner trialled potential partners for years before offering equity
• Why "if you can't discuss the breakup at the start, don't do the deal", and what a sunset clause needs to cover
• Whether your best mate is ever a good candidate (short answer: proceed with caution)

Slow down to speed up. Nobody ever regretted taking longer.

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