At the start of a business or when a business opportunity presents itself, a small business owner would have pondered over this question.
What if you did your homework and found the business opportunity to be sound but you are short of cash, would this be the best time to seek a partner?
Take for example this situation and tell me what you think?
1. Partner A has close ties with the Purchasing or Procurement dept manager as well as the department end use of a product that you intend to supply and advised Partner B of the business opportunity
2. Partner A is well-versed in the prospect's Bid Process
3. Partner B does most of the grunt work like
a. Search for suppliers & negotiate the best price
b. Handles costs of communication between the suppliers,
company end-user, purchasing dept as well as keeping
Partner A updated in the transaction
c. Transportation and meal expenses are borne by Partner B
as he is the one with his own personal car (though Partner
A agreed to offset the costs against the project's income
d. Prepare the quotations, emails and other Back Office work
4. Profit will be shared equally minus receipted and agreed expenses
Would you consider this a fair and equitable partnership?
My take is that if I need to increase my business income, I would consider this to be FAIR considering that if Partner A did not advice me of the opportunity, I would be earning ZERO PESOS.
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