The Entrepreneur’s Prenup
Your Business Partnership Toolkit
How to Choose a Business Partner Who Won’t [BLEEP] You!
The Entrepreneur’s Prenup
There are smart reasons to seek out business partners.
Statistically — a partnership is 4x more likely to succeed financially than a sole proprietorship.
That’s great news! On the flip side, though, 50-75% of business partnerships fail in the U.S.. And business divorce is expensive.
Why do partnerships get off-course?
It’s usually not the BIG things (partner theft, complete incompetence with clients, etc.).
More often, it’s what business owners didn’t know and didn’t ask at the start. Just a few smart questions can avoid a major minefield.
But most business partnership books and resources tell only part of the story. Like focusing on partnership communication, without the legal perspective on “what if” things go wrong. Or, drilling down into mind-numbing minutiae about legal buy/sell agreements and business valuation, without answering “what will make us a successful team?”
That’s why I wrote The Entrepreneur’s Prenup
I took my decades of legal expertise as an attorney and small business champion to create a resource that speaks to partnership realities. So whether you’re looking for a partner for the first time, or are feeling gun-shy from a partnership “burn,” this toolkit is for you.
And I call it a toolkit, because when you buy the book (available on Amazon.com), you ALSO get access to MP3 and plain-English workbooks with the right questions to ask. Thay way, you navigate the toughest – and often hidden – obstacles to partnership success.
The book (text and audio) and companion workbook cover the top 13 business partnership issues you’ll likely encounter.
Each easy-to-digest chapter takes no more than 15 minutes. Plus, the workbook exercises will help you short-cut your headaches and your legal expenses. Better yet, you’ll create a business partnership founded on trust, integrity, and shared values—so you go into it with eyes wide open.
For less than your weekly Starbucks budget, you’ll gain 20+ years of legal and business wisdom.
Here‘s what you’ll discover in The Entrepreneur’s Prenup
- Compatibility – A confidential Compatibility Test to understand if you’ve found the right partner.
- Profitability – Guidelines on how to make the business more profitable (and the relationship more fulfilling).
- The Integrity Test – An exploration of the values you share (or don’t)—like honesty, accountability, punctuality—and what to do about the differences.
- Family and Investors – The special issues arising when business partners are family members or investors.
- Partnership Agreement Details – The nitty-gritty details of your partnership agreement, so you can use professional advisors more cost-effectively.
- Partner Exercises – Partner Exercises that facilitate discussions around finances, culture, and the ever-important “exit planning.”
- A Skill-Set Gap Analysis – A Skill-Set Gap Analysis so you can build a strong team of internal staff and external advisors.
- Case Studies – Case studies you can follow to see what worked, what didn’t and why.
- BONUS: our Money Mindset bonus recording, so you and your partner see the same shade of “green”
Uncover the factors that could derail your partnership
(and nip them in the bud, now!)
YOU GET IT ALL with your purchase of The Entrepreneur’s Prenup!
“Nina, I can’t begin to tell you how helpful the partnership questions from your book were.”
“Not only did they help guide our thinking, but more importantly, they helped us save time and money by enabling us to delve into the toughest partnership issues. Our attorney was incredibly impressed at how well prepared we were and how much we knew about building a strong partnership. Because of the wisdom your book imparted, we were able to discuss issues we weren’t even aware were so important and in the long run our business has weathered many bumps and thrived in a spirit of open communication.”
The Entrepreneur’s Prenup saves you Time, Money and Aggravation!
Get the roadmap to business partnership success with The Entrepreneur’s Prenup!
“Very interesting, and so true.”
“I wanted you to know how I enjoyed the teleconference on The Entrepreneur’s Prenup! I thought I’d just listen, then ended up taking several pages of notes. I hadn’t heard the description of “money mind-set” put that way before – very interesting, and so true.”
“I’ll be sure to let [entrepreneurs] know about it.”
“Your advice helped me realize that it’s never too early for planning and self-evaluation (e.g. money mindset, expectations, exit strategies). On a personal note, your humor as a moderator was much appreciated (a real treat for a West Coaster like me). I know entrepreneurs who could benefit from The Entrepreneur’s Prenup; I’ll be sure to let them know about it.”
