"Partnership" is a broad word. In practice, it covers very different needs: a business looking for a strategic partner to grow faster. Another missing a distributor in a new country. A third looking for a co-founder with the skills the founder lacks themselves. What they all have in common is that the right match is rarely found by chance — it requires making it visible what you're actually looking for.
This page collects our guides to the most common forms of business partnership, and how to find and enter the right one — whether you're looking for a partner, or you're the one another business is looking for.
The most common types of partnership
- Strategic Business Partner: What Is It, and How Do You Find One?
- Distributor Partnerships: How to Find the Right Distributor
- Co-Founder or Active Co-Owner: When Does It Make Sense?
- A CEO or Partner for the Business's Continued Development
- Commercial Business Partner: Sales and Distribution Partnerships
- International Business Partner: Expanding Into New Markets
- Joint Ventures as an Alternative to an Acquisition
How to create and use a partnership listing
- How to Find the Right Business Partner for Your Company
- How to Write a Partnership Listing That Attracts
- Partnership Agreements: What to Include
- Why You Should Also Create a Partnership Listing
Partnership as a path to a future purchase or sale
A partnership isn't always a goal in itself — it can also be the first step toward a future purchase, sale, or generational transfer.
- Not Ready to Buy a Business Yet? A Partnership Could Be Your Shortcut
- From Partnership to Purchase: How It Works in Practice
- Should You Create a Partnership Listing Even If You're Not Ready to Sell Yet?
- Build Your Future Pool of Buyers, Long Before You Sell
Agreements and legal matters around the partnership
- Distributor Agreements: The Big Guide
- Exclusive Distributor Agreements: What You Need to Know
- Supplier Agreements: What You Need to Know
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