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tolzy82

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friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« on: January 04, 2009, 07:09:04 pm »
my friend wants to come in with me so we can expand and get more work and get into other sides of cleaning i.e carpets and driveways!
Can u earn good money working as a pair! Anyone on here do it!
Cheers
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Oakley Windows

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2009, 07:10:29 pm »
I did it and wouldnt entertain the notion again, we wernt friends after we started working together even if we were before.
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Nathanael Jones

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2009, 07:13:03 pm »
You'll never earn as much with a partner in business,.. its not worth the hassle.
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windowswashed

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2009, 07:13:13 pm »
Who would gain from the partnership and how would it be divided if you wish to go your own ways after the partnership ends.
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cherubs cleaning

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2009, 07:18:11 pm »
on r own day one





jerry
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chrisyg

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2009, 07:36:02 pm »
work in co operation but not in partnership.

You stick to windows and he does carpets and driveways. You can advertise and market together.

Too much ball ache if it all goes wrong, and these things do tend too.
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BVC

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2009, 07:43:01 pm »
nononononononononononononononononononononoooooooooooooooooooo!
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doak

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2009, 10:07:15 pm »
i work in a partner ship    gonna buy him out after 6 months  not worth the hassle
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cherubs cleaning

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2009, 10:16:52 pm »
tolzy82


no no no



jerry
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www.mrgutters.co.uk

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2009, 10:27:22 pm »
mate ...take it from all these guys and me ...i went in with a mate ....and i am the most easy going person and dont like making a big thing out of nothin...but woe woe woe...dont do it

you will only regret it...we are still mates but it was really tense many a day ...when we worked togther.

plus i earnt less togther than on my own...get a lad with you and work that way if you want the company but two bossses never a good idea!

shawn
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paulscotney

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2009, 10:29:30 pm »
I had a partner selling insurance etc about 20yrs ago. Doesn't work. A shame he was a good friend but never really spoke after we split it up. A good quick way to split up a friendship.

As previously said just cooperate together.Much better.

Although some people make it work.
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Klean07

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2009, 10:56:56 pm »
My best mate works with me 2 days a week. I give him a 3rd of what I earn. Hes also done some canvassing for me and got me some good customers. A few months ago he asked if he could come into partnership with me if he pumped some money in. At first it sounded a great idea. But after thinking about it I told him a polite no. Its taken me 20 years to build this business. I would still be the one making the water at my house and all the other jobs that have to be done. So I'm so glad now that I said no.
So don't do it!!!
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boshravie

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2009, 11:21:19 pm »
If partnership was that good, GOD would had one ( just a thought)

Regards
BOSH :)

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borg

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2009, 11:39:33 pm »
dont do it i dont it last year with a friend we lasted 5 months it is not worth it .
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Glyn H

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2009, 12:15:04 am »
Obviously any large company have more than one Director (partner).
The best partnerships are when each partner brings expertise for example a Financial Director, a Marketing Director a Sales Director  and an Operations Director, with these skills you can build a large organisation but as the previous posts have said two working partners often doesnt work.
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Londoner

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2009, 07:09:36 am »
The trouble with a partnership is that one of you ends up feeling that they are doing more than their share and gets the hump. If you are going to team up do it in parallel, work togeather by all means but avoid the partnership and the shared money issues.
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peter holley

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2009, 07:20:46 am »
Quote from: Vince Green on January 05, 2009, 07:09:36 am
The trouble with a partnership is that one of you ends up feeling that they are doing more than their share and gets the hump. If you are going to team up do it in parallel, work togeather by all means but avoid the partnership and the shared money issues.

same as above...just use eachother for help on any large jobs....
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Oakley Windows

Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2009, 07:51:59 pm »
Have you read this one, theyre mates, not for long mind

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=67485.0
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dai

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2009, 08:02:34 pm »
It can work very well, if your married and living together, otherwise no way.
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borg

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Re: friend wants to invest and come in as a partner!
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2009, 01:39:56 am »
Quote from: dai on January 05, 2009, 08:02:34 pm
It can work very well, if your married and living together, otherwise no way.
yes that way works i have some funny moments with my wife.
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