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Four Alternatives To A Business Partner For Entrepreneurs Who Don’t Want To Work Solo

By: Caroline – Posted in: small business

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From 2007 to 2018, 12 full years, I had a business partner in my career coaching business, and there were pros and cons to having an official partnership. In the plus column, I wouldn’t have started the business without a partner. I’m risk averse and felt that two people building a business from scratch would enable us to get up and running faster. My partner at the time had more [...]

Product v. Service, Which Business Is Better? What We Decided For Our Small Business

By: Caroline – Posted in: small business

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Is it better to have a product or service to offer as a small business? There are pros and cons to each. Frankly, being a small business owner is difficult enough, regardless of the business you choose, that the best answer to the product v. service debate is whichever offering you care most about. There are so many times when you’re in the thick of your business that you’ll want [...]