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		<title>Finding business partners: Should I look for someone who complements?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Finding a partner is a whole lot]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Finding a partner is a whole lot like dating. After all, there you`re
looking for a "life partner," to use weird modern language. :-) But
there are two milestone points in any relationship like this.

The first is finding someone with the same ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ask the kinds of questions I pos]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ask the kinds of questions I posed.&nbsp; Get involved in a discussion more than a question/answer session, though that is important too.&nbsp; A discussion will help you gage their passions and goals better.If you ask if they would believe in the ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[There`s a difference between a p]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[There`s a difference between a partner, and a mentor.
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				<title><![CDATA[That`s an interesting idea about]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[That`s an interesting idea about skills not being too much better... so saying I have 1-3 years in business / tech experience, it would be bad to partner with someone 10+ vs. someone who was only 3-5 years?
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				<title><![CDATA[Hm...thinking about it, this is ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hm...thinking about it, this is a whole lot like starting a band. I`m a
keyboard player, don`t play drums, and even if I did, I can`t play both
at the same time. So what do I need in a drummer?

First, they have to have the skills, and those sk]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I agree... I think I can easily ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I agree... I think I can easily identify whether there technical skills will complement mine. I am more worried about whether I am going to be able to work with the person, if we get along, etc. Like you were talking about. I am not sure how to gauge that.[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[That is a very good question and]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[That is a very good question and one that I am dealing with at the moment.&nbsp; I myself have a web startup (about comic strips) based on a concept of mine but I have no technical expertise to build it.&nbsp; I was fortunate enough to have a friend who is[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I understand that overall.. I sh]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I understand that overall.. I should look for those people who complement my expertise. But more on a specific level, what qualities should I look at when I look at a technical person? or a sales person? to make sure there skills go we]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ah...okay, so you`re more the bu]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ah...okay, so you`re more the business person, and you`d be looking for a production engineer. Is that the case?

If so, you`re not unusual. In fact, many production people don`t
understand business and don`t want to understand it. Just as there]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I meant that I have more of a bu]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I meant that I have more of a business background in the field of technology than a technical background (coding, development, etc). And even my business background in the field of technology is just a few years. ]]></description>
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