Work with a partner or go solo in your Internet venture?
- Posted by Tengku Zahasman on May 1st, 2007 filed in Thoughts, Entrepreneurship
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People say that “two heads are better than one”. I say it’s true, but ONLY IF the other person is also as passionate as you are in whatever you’re venturing in. Getting the right partner can boost your business’ productivity to the max but be careful not to hook up with the wrong one as they will give you more headaches compared to working solo. I am currently not running my venture with anyone else. I work out everything by myself. I am the planner, I am the developer, I am the marketer and I am the technical support. That’s one of the obvious benefit of the Internet business - it allows you to run your business on your own because when it comes to the Internet, many things can be automated.
Is it cool working solo?
While I’m already comfortable working as a one-man-show, I realized that this should not continue on forever. I thought how great it is to have a partner (or co-founder if you wanna call it) who is as passionate as I am and having that person to work with me in making the business a success. Being able to share ideas together would be fun and energizing. Knowing that someone else is also working hard on your projects can be a stress reliever as you’re assured that something is being taken care of. The reason why I’m still working solo is not because I don’t want a partner, but because I have yet to find the perfect one. Finding the right partner is not as easy as finding the right staff. Finding a staff means you look into their skills and personality and offer them money. But for a partner, you want them to be as close as to your own clone. You have to be at the right place at the right time, with the right person. That’s why it’s hard to find the right partner. But it’s also not impossible. It’s a lot easier if you already have a close friend who shares the same passion with you in venturing in the Internet business and becoming a successful Internet entrepreneur.
What’s my recommendation?
If you ask me whether you should find a partner or just work on your own, I’ll have to ask you how huge and how far do you want your business to go. If you only want to be a work-at-home mom/daddy and get thousands of dollars a month out of blogging, then you can do it solo (your siblings or your spouse can be your partner if you ever need one). But if you’re aiming in building a huge business one day, developing international web applications, getting tenth to hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, getting an office with a few staffs or maybe even build your own skyscrapers (woah!), meeting people and making your own business travels, then you better find ‘the right’ partner soon. Be smart. 
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May 5th, 2007 at 12:24 am
most of ur viewers are website shy huh? takde sape pun komen.
Anyway… I like to work alone, only if i know that i can do it alone. If not, outsource it. The fact is, i cant even trust others, then it’ll come back to work alone. Unless, they sincere to work along with me.
I know that you want to expand ur business and make tones and tones of money, but yet, i guess, if u dont trust others, do it alone and generate as much money as u can. Or, you’re waiting for someone to offer you “ZeMMs, I’m in!!” ?
The matter is people always seek for profit. Win-win situation?
May 31st, 2007 at 11:27 pm
I just found out about this website 2 days ago. Why didn’t I found this website earlier?
I think it’s a matter of your own preferences whether you like it alone or with a partner. If you are a people’s person, more likely you’ll have partners. If you are not, normally you’ll work alone (that includes myself).
Still, I find your blog very interesting..
June 25th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Great post. I planning to start a web app business, and my programmer friend just quit.
It doesn’t matter that much since I also do programming myself. And I understand what is possible and how difficult it is to achieve, this is very important to judging how much money I need to use to hire a freelancer and also to working out the mechanics of the application.
I realised that a partner needs to be highly motivated about the project as me. Not just someone who just talks about it, but someone that is willing to do what it takes to make things happen and to achieve goals. As for the skills, technical or business, the partner possesses, it is not as important as the above.