In the second installment of her Lessons Learned Series, Suz takes us back to her first entrepreneurial endeavor and the lessons she learned working with a business partner/best friend & ultimately parting ways and dissolving their music consulting business, sharing tips on the best practices for protecting yourself {and your relationships} when entering into a collaboration.

"Have those difficult conversations when things are already good so that you can look at everything with a clear head, without emotion."

Key Highlights

• The importance of teamwork [00:50]
• Why I decided to discuss my former partnership [01:53]
• Quick shout out to Alyssa Jackson & The Rock/Star Life Planner [02:41]
• What we got wrong about running a business [04:52]
• A painful fact of life when it comes to collaborations [06:08]
• Perfection paralysis [07:25]
• Knowing what you bring to the table [10:07]
• When to have the difficult conversations [12:32]
• Power of the 3rd Party [16:32]
• Putting friendships to the test [18:12]

Help you and your partner/team members get on the same page & ensure that should creative differences arise, relationships can remain in tact & out of the courts!

Download your Partnership Prenup here: www.therockstaradvocate.com/Ep3 

Links/Rocksources

• Theme music brought to you by DC-based Indie/Pop band Sub-Radio
• More episodes can be found here
• You can download a copy of the episode’s transcript here

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