I'm going into a partnership with a tire shop — won't there be disagreements over accounting, customer sharing, and pricing?

Urgent: stop work, replan, restart. do a 3-week pilot, then decide.

If you wanna succeed, you gotta love the hard part of the job. Don't be sad, just learn.

bro this is a great opportunity! go now and use it 100%!

Statistics: if you hire staff, costs go up 40%, but output can go up 60%. Net: +20%.

Legally speaking, you need a written contract with the client in this case. Terms must be clear. Advice: get a lawyer.

the answer to this problem is simple: the door. don't bother just quit.

bro you gotta try things in this business. i tried, didnt work and then i tried another way it worked.

To get into the details: The harder it is to reverse a decision, the slower you should make it.

Here's how it went for us. If IP assignment to the company isn't written from the start, it can't be collected later.

If you post the result here, it will help others too.

We experienced almost the exact same thing last year. Everything goes well for the first three months; problems arise in the fourth.

Hasty decisions become decisions you have to fix six months later. That's all, sorry if I went on too long.

I think it's hard to be that definitive about tire shop partnership. If you're offering equity instead of salary, also state what you're offering in return.

I'm also curious if anyone does it differently.

Same here. When making decisions, write down the worst-case scenario too, not just the best.

Proven by experience.

This approach has a cost, which isn't discussed. Are you looking for a partner or a co-founder? They are two different things.

Give trial work but pay for it; free trials don't bind anyone. Proven by experience.

The cheap-looking path usually ends up costing more later. Valuation methods for exits must be defined by formula; "market value" isn't enough.

Hope this helps.

i've been down this road let me tell you. if you get three different answers on a topic the question was aked wrong.

that's all sorry if I went on too long.

I was thinking the same thing. If you're offering equity instead of salary, also state what you're offering in return.

People defend habits, not processes. Resistance comes from there. This is my opinion, I'm not claiming it's absolute truth.

I didn't know that.

There's a part I don't understand. A partnership without a payment schedule locks up at the first split.

I'm also curious if anyone does it differently.