Finding a partner
It's in my plans to go looking for a tech partner sometimes in the new year. Preferably offline.
I'm not 100% sure where I'm going to go but right now, I'm thinking maybe SaaS/open source consultant. I'm just trying to narrow down the niche and which letters I want to specialize in the alphabet soup of ERP,CRM,etc and see which one would be viable.
So my Qs:
1-How do you find a partner and what standard do you use to see if he's trustworthy without knowing him/her for extended periods of time?
2-What would you consider to be a fair split between the sales and the tech partner? And what is a good way to keep everyone in the partnership honest?
I know you can do things like chargebacks, but really, these are after the fact.
3-Are the meetup.com networking events a good way to go about it?
I've always been somewhat wary of business organizations so what kind of people go to these exactly?
I've never before looked outside my very close social circle for a partner. I could go for a friend of a friend, former coworkers of friend or acquaintance of a friend and this kind of thing, but then it goes back to the dilemma of not really knowing them.
Thanks all and happy new year's eve 2
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