Comments on: A Little Restructuring Goes a Long Way

By: Allena

Allena — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:56:19 +0000

I was also curious. Thanks!

By: Lorna Doone Brewer

Lorna Doone Brewer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:58:02 +0000

@Laura – It is a little scary to put so much of ourselves out there on the blog, but we really want to help other people figure out what works and what doesn’t. Thanks!

@John – I think we’re in a pretty similar boat these days. Tomorrow’s post will talk about it a little more. Thanks for the comment.

By: John White

John White — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:30:23 +0000

If you stay together long enough, you may arrive at the point the three of us have reached. We decided after 8 years of partnership to push all of the socialism out of the company; viz.:

If I bring in a dollar, I get all of it except for the portion absorbed by overhead expenses. If we owe tax, each of us pays in proportion to the profit he generated that resulted in the tax. If I want/need a new laptop, I pay for it.

Fortunately, we made the change before any real squabbling had begun, but it’s good knowing that any expense we share, we share for a concrete reason.

By: Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:26:15 +0000

This is one of the things that I’ve wondered about partnerships. Thanks for being so frank about it.

Not getting benefits from your work would probably de-motivate me.

Your solution seems to be a good compromise.

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