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<blockquote data-quote="TheFinalEpic" data-source="post: 949568" data-attributes="member: 7073">I have to also chime in on this.&nbsp; I founded a business with a close friend of mine and due to the friendship, saw his skills through rose tinted glasses.&nbsp; He couldn't make sales calls to save his life and I didn't need his financial knowledge as I had priced everything out and he came to similar conclusions.&nbsp; As the business wore on, I was taking far more of the brunt work, and it made me disdain ever asking him to join.&nbsp; It put strain on our relationship, and as the partnership faded, so inevitably did our friendship.That being said, I am now in real estate with a close friend I've known for almost a decade, and because of our similar wavelengths, are absolutely killing it via our individual skill sets that build on each other.&nbsp; I handle more of the marketing online, he has more technical knowledge in the industry, and we learn through each other while also enhancing the business because of our strengths.&nbsp; As a generality, make sure that whoever you're going into business is a &quot;walker&quot; and not a &quot;talker&quot;.&nbsp; Build friendships through making money, those are the friendships that really last.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheFinalEpic, post: 949568, member: 7073"] I have to also chime in on this. I founded a business with a close friend of mine and due to the friendship, saw his skills through rose tinted glasses. He couldn't make sales calls to save his life and I didn't need his financial knowledge as I had priced everything out and he came to similar conclusions. As the business wore on, I was taking far more of the brunt work, and it made me disdain ever asking him to join. It put strain on our relationship, and as the partnership faded, so inevitably did our friendship. That being said, I am now in real estate with a close friend I've known for almost a decade, and because of our similar wavelengths, are absolutely killing it via our individual skill sets that build on each other. I handle more of the marketing online, he has more technical knowledge in the industry, and we learn through each other while also enhancing the business because of our strengths. As a generality, make sure that whoever you're going into business is a "walker" and not a "talker". Build friendships through making money, those are the friendships that really last. [/QUOTE]

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