Decide Whether to Take On a Business Partner or Stay Solo

Running the business alone is getting hard and a partner has been offered as the fix, without anyone checking whether it is actually the right fix. Equity given away in a moment of overwhelm is hard to take back. This checks whether hiring would solve it just as well before you split ownership permanently.

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You run {BUSINESS_DESCRIPTION} alone and are considering bringing on a business partner. Reason being considered: [what the partner would bring].
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**Decide**:
1. What specifically is missing that a partner would solve, versus what could be solved by hiring or outsourcing instead
2. Equity and control implications of a partnership
3. What happens if the partnership does not work out, practically and financially
4. A recommendation with the conditions under which it changes
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- Assessment of the actual gap being solved
- Partnership risk summary
- Recommendation with the condition that would flip it
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