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Title: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 12, 2009, 08:20:00 pm
Started as a partnership,but i'm now wanted to go go my own way,
how would anyone go about this?
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: Sean Dyer on October 12, 2009, 08:20:57 pm
business partnerships are always seeming to be bad news


I would be upfront and honest asap

explain why and split as amicably as possible
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: weetot on October 12, 2009, 08:26:21 pm
1.  Sit down with your mate and lay your cards on the table, but not in a pub. Over a coffee or summit.

2.  Try and steal the decent earners.

3.  Oh and good luck
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 12, 2009, 08:49:30 pm
thanks
,dont want to lose a friend aswell
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: dazmond on October 12, 2009, 09:06:19 pm
better off on ur own matey from past experience.i found u cant rely on anybody but yourself.GO FOR IT!ITLL BE THE BEST THING YOULL DO!family and friends and business do not mix!hard work,tenacity and keep knocking those doors.good luck ;D ;D
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: matt on October 12, 2009, 10:37:17 pm
this is how i did it with the mother-in-laws partener

i looked at all the work and put them into "sets" of 200 ish quid of work

so set 1 was "a" road with 200 ish quid of work and "b" the same amount of work on a different street

then work though the sets

he picks the choice from set 1 ( either a or b ), you get the 1 he doesnt pick

then you have first pick from set b

he gets first pic from set c

and so on and on

it means no hard feelings as you both get a go at picking first

Title: Re: going alone
Post by: geefree on October 12, 2009, 11:01:55 pm
This topic must be a warning for people wanting to enter into a partner ship.....

i spoke with a job redundant friend a few days ago... and it became very tempting....
but the more i sat down with pen and papaer the more i found it distressing....

i would rather employ than let someone into what i have built.
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: mark dew on October 12, 2009, 11:49:02 pm
The trouble with partnerships in a service industry like ours is that you need double of the amount of everything, without ever being able to put double the amount back into it.
Not many friendships can survive partnerships in business.
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 13, 2009, 08:59:24 pm
both of us where made redudant at the same time,so we started together,

thing is i want to push it ,my mates pretty happy plodding along,which seems to be holding me back
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: daz1977 on October 13, 2009, 09:45:33 pm
hi nelly

r u both working the same days ie 5 days a week or do u have time off, if you have time off why not start a round on your own, and just you work it,    could you buy him out and just have him as a employee,
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 13, 2009, 09:53:33 pm
we have a week where i could build from on,

just dont know how to go about splitting the rest
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: daz1977 on October 13, 2009, 09:56:12 pm
if he is just plodding alond, he might want out deep down, just wont say it to you,  i would split the round up in to equal no of house and money and give him half,   is it mainly domestic or commercial
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 13, 2009, 10:09:58 pm
bit of both mainly,domestic,

he see's it as pocket money(thats the feeling i get),

deep down i reckon he wants factory work all year everyday
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: daz1977 on October 13, 2009, 10:15:16 pm
u might just have to ask him, of that is what he wants,  and if he does, buy him out if you can afford it,  or offer to buy him out and take him back on as i said before,  some people dont like being self employed they prefer the regular wages and no stress
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 13, 2009, 10:18:57 pm
was thinking along the lines of buyin him out and saying when i need him or if i build it up,contracts and the like,would he help when needed for a wage
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: daz1977 on October 13, 2009, 11:11:17 pm
what part of country r u in nelly?
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 14, 2009, 05:27:27 pm
merseyside area mate
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on October 14, 2009, 06:42:07 pm
be upfront and explain why and split the round between u and u better on your own u can do more work he probably want the same as well good luck mate
Title: Re: going alone
Post by: nelly on October 14, 2009, 07:12:57 pm
honesty prevail's,

going to have sit down and see what,actually we both want out of this,