What To Do When You Cannot Get Out of a Bad Business Partnership
If you have fallen out of like with your business partner, you have a lot of very careful negotiating ahead of you.
If you have fallen out of like with your business partner, you have a lot of very careful negotiating ahead of you.
Before you do anything about your soured partnership, review your organization documents. Take a look at the Operating and Partnership Agreements to see if you have provisions for a voluntary exit of a partner.
There are cases where one partner will not accept anything offered in order to make peace. That is irrational behavior.
Entropy may be the most important word you’ll ever learn in business. Entropy matters. Right now, it’s eating your business.
The 2 big issues related to getting out of a business partnership are getting agreement on the price you desire and protecting you from liability. If there are no executed agreements in place, be very careful with how you proceed in your negotiations. It’s a good idea to get an adviser on board.