Jane Out of the Box Article Reveals Two Areas that Require Compatibility: Money and Family

HUDSON, FL, November 07, 2010

When two business owners are considering creating a partnership, they must consider two emotionally-charged topics: money and family. Determining how each partner's money and family values compare with the other's will help the entrepreneurs decide whether they can work together long-term.

Characteristics to Evaluate in a Prospective Partner - Part 3 is the latest article by entrepreneurial expert Michele DeKinder-Smith. The article reveals two crucial characteristics prospective business partners should evaluate in one another before signing the partnership papers: money and family.

Based on continuing professional market research of more than 3,500 female business owners, Characteristics to Evaluate in a Prospective Partner - Part 3
provides in-depth details about how to determine whether two partners share compatible views of money and family - and why it is so important that they do.

Characteristics to Evaluate in a Prospective Partner - Part 3 highlights:
• Why it's critical for partners to share similar views of money and risk.
• Specific questions for partners to ask one another about money before pairing up.
• Possible reasons money conflict may arise.
• How to surpass the "money discussions feel to intimate" mindset and start open communication.
• Why it is essential to communicate about family commitments before becoming business partners.
• One major reward in a business partnership - when it comes to family.
• Family schedules to consider when discussing family matters with a partner.

Because money and family are likely two of the most important issues in a business owner's life, it is absolutely critical that prospective partners open the communication about these two issues as soon as they begin considering a partnership.

Characteristics to Evaluate in a Prospective Partner - Part 3 is available for download at http://bit.ly/aT3q0o

Michele DeKinder-Smith, is the founder and CEO of Linkage Research, Inc, a marketing research firm with Fortune 500 clients such as Starbucks, Frito Lay, Tropicana, Texas Instruments, Hoover Vacuums and Verizon Wireless. She parlayed this entrepreneurial knowledge and experience into founding Jane Out of the Box, a company that provides female entrepreneurs like YOU with powerful resources, such as educational blogs, teleclasses, newsletters, and books. Michele was recently named to the National Association of Women Business Owners national board of directors for a two-year term. Buy a copy of her latest book with coauthor Azriela Jaffe, "See Jane Collaborate," which contains more in-depth information about this article's topic, at http://www.seejanecollaborate.com.