Forming a partnership : and making it work / Ira Nottonson.

Includes index.

The partnership : formtation and implications of the legal partnership -- A simple analysis to other legal entities : compared to other legal entities -- Developing your partnership -- The partnership relationships : all the relationships involved in surviving and succeeding in the modern business community -- You can't do it all yourself -- Business, family, and partnership -- Bringing a partner into a new venture -- Bringing a partner into an existing business -- Putting the partnership together -- Keeping your "real" partners in the game -- Getting, using, and protecting the money -- Trust : difficult to earn, easy to lose -- Review cash flow constantly for growth and profit -- The joint venture or strategic alliance is a partnership -- Implicit partnerships : the franchise -- Protecting proprietary information : noncompete clauses -- Building a business with or without partners -- Putting it in writing -- Being deceived by your partner : why trust is so important -- Parents as partners : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Arbitration and mediation -- Managers as owners : and other partnership relationships -- Diamonds are forever, partnerships are not -- Building a decision protocol -- Growing in the wrong direction -- The investor and the business plan -- Selling the business : to the clone or the big guy? -- The phantom partnership -- Bringing in new partners : the equity split -- Being creative in building a formula -- Where the judicial system becomes your partner.