Building a business with a girlfriend can be an option when you don’t know who to start it with. Because to do business with other people, you may not necessarily know the character well.
Even though doing business with your boyfriend seems easier and more fun than inviting other people, don’t underestimate the challenges. The five tips below need to be implemented to prevent your business from falling apart.
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1. Don’t push yourself if your interests are different
illustration of doing business with girlfriend (pexels.com/MART PRODUCTION)Although some interests in different fields can eventually be bred and become a big force in starting a new business, pushing yourself is still not good. Forcing your boyfriend to move away from his favorite field will make him depressed.
If he feels pressured, it becomes difficult for him to work optimally in a field that he does not love at all. The principle in doing business with a boyfriend should be to unite interests that may still be united, the rest go your own way.
If your interests are very different, owning your own business will actually feel more satisfying. Including when you get married. Having two different businesses makes your source of income more than one.
2. Must work together, not just one
illustration of doing business with girlfriend (pexels.com/Anastasia Shuraeva)Doing business together means that you have to be really ready to work together. Not just a status as if the business was built by the two of you, but actually only one person who is always working. This is unfair and bad for the future of your business.
No one needs to feel they have a greater responsibility to run the business and make money. Don’t be too spoiled and just know it’s okay.
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3. Maintain your professionalism when getting along or fighting
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illustration of doing business with girlfriend (pexels.com/Ivan Samkov)When your relationship is cool, don’t spend time just making out. Time for work must be optimized. In addition to lowering productivity, making out all the time also makes the people around you feel uncomfortable.
On the other hand, when there is a problem between you, work as usual. These problems need to be put aside first so that your business continues to run well.
illustration of doing business with girlfriend (pexels.com/Kindel Media)Building a small business can’t just involve the two of you. You must have customers or clients. Even as the business develops, you will look for work partners or employees.
This is where the importance of reducing each other’s jealousy. Avoid unfounded suspicions when your boyfriend has to meet customers, clients, partners, or employees alone.
If jealousy is not controlled, your business will be difficult to progress. Little by little you fuss over unimportant things and end up reluctant to cooperate with more people.
5. From the start, talk about continuing the business in case you two break up
illustration of doing business with girlfriend (pexels.com/Kampus Production)If the business is still very small and not even prospective, the breakup of your relationship may well be the right moment to end the business. Or, one is happy to just leave it alone.
However, what if the joint business has been very developed and generates profits many times over from the target? This can cause a big fuss between you because each feels the most entitled to the business.
Therefore, before starting a business together, talk about the worst possible outcome of your relationship and the fate of the business. If necessary, make a written agreement so that in the future no one will be able to evade the mutual agreement.
If the tips above are applied, there is no need for you to worry about starting a business together. Hopefully this business will not only provide material benefits, but also bring your relationship closer to marriage in the future.
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