Collaborating with business partners is more enjoyable and often leads to higher success than operating a company alone.

“I think I just learned that I have more fun and it's likely to be more successful when I partner with other people who are smarter than me”

Alex Cooper believes that external influences, such as agents and boyfriends, negatively impacted her partner's decision-making and the business partnership.

“when I saw that the person that I thought I was in business with had a posse of people that significantly significantly affect her decision-making I had to make a decision for myself in my own career”

Joe Budden insists that important business meetings for the network should take place at his home.

“No, I'm not doing any Italian spot. This has to be done on home field advantage. My home turf. It's the only way. Exactly. And my home turf is not here. It's not at an Italian spot. It's at my house in my sauna.”

In any true partnership, the other party will have a say and can tell you what to do.

“if somebody gives you money they get to tell you what to do it's very simple I don't I don't understand why people even look at it like that yo you got a partnership regardless if you have a partnership or not if you do have a partnership a true partnership that other person is going to have a say”

Marc Lamont Hill expresses discomfort and skepticism regarding the professional necessity of conducting business meetings in a sauna.

“I need to talk to him soon. And so he does like a little weasel. He corners me and basically says to do it, I got to go to his house. And not just his house, but his sauna. He knows how I feel about saunas. He knows that [ __ ] creeps me out. Why does he always want to meet in a sauna?”

Working together in a business creates a shared mission and makes the relationship more resilient and aligned.

“If you're both in the same business together, you're being exposed to the same stressors and then you you can grow together in the same direction.”

Gary Vaynerchuk advises that in a business partnership, one should focus on placing people in roles that align with their inherent strengths rather than trying to change their fundamental nature.

“one thing that I'm a very big fan of as a leader, and I think she's leading in this situation, is realizing it's very hard to change people, but it what I try to focus on is how to put people in positions to succeed based on who they actually are.”