To enjoy success in a joint venture, it is integral to find the right partner as this will promote growth and productivity. It is integral to conduct thorough research to be able to do this and due diligence at the same time. By doing this, it will actually help you to save valuable time and money by finding a partner through social media, in an existing customer, supplier or investor.
As a matter of fact, in social media, you can find companies that follow you, added you as a friend or visited same pages as you do can help in forming fruitful partnership. Great care has to be taken into consideration in designing as well as drafting of such agreement in order to clarify who exactly owns who.
At some point, it can be frustrating and tedious to locate the right partner. Much before approaching your prospective partner, it is critical that you practice due diligence. Many different companies are publishing key financial data onto their site and available with Registrar of Companies. You have to download the latest accounts and review it or watch news in order to learn the latest stories regarding your prospective joint venture partner.
You must make enticing offers w/ the JV partner in question and discuss the everything that is part of the deal from customers, intellectual property rights, finance, legal issues and so on. When you create a draft proposal, make it a point that you clearly state what your objective and aims are. If for example that the prospective partner accepts your offer, then you need to create an agreement that will include details which include stake and investment of both parties, objectives and aims, legal status of the JV, makeup management team and future exit if needed. Long story short, you must learn everything about your partnership and agreement to make sure that things go according to plan.
The main reason to why you should form joint venture partnership is that, you are seeking support of a high profile partner who has the resources needed for continuous growth. This might be a huge mailing list that could get significant exposure for your products fast or the proposed partner is running a forum and can help in advertising your product by putting up a banner. Basically, there are more reasons that you can find why many people are considering JV.
Since all businesses have its weaknesses and strengths, it makes perfect sense to find JV to fill the weak spots. Because no matter what you do, entering JV is focused about growth.