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Thanks for the post!
I like partnerships, too, the people, challenges, etc. And I'm lucky to have my wife of 20 years always in my corner (my parents, kids, etc. too!). The other stuff is just stuff.
Your partnership in the first year, tearing up the agreement 3X, there's nothing wrong with that (of course). That's all out in the open, banging out a deal. And even on this deal, if he would have come to me in the beginning and said "Hey, I know we said we'd share the opportunities, but I think this one should be mine because XYZ" I think we would have been fine.
You think I should bring it to his attention? I've thought about that, but I'm not sure what I would hope to accomplish. His actions seem to have spoken louder than any words he can now say. It seems to me the bell can't really be unrung. But I'm not really sure. I guess if I were, I would be sleeping next to my warm wife right now, not sitting here typing this at 12:30 a.m.
One of the odd parts about it is that the opportunity is not some rare deal or anything. The genesis of it is information, knowledge and contacts that we made in the course of another deal several years ago. He chose to use that information and knowledge to put together a deal with a different partner. But I have the same underlying information, knowledge and contacts and could put together a similar deal, either by myself or with a different partner, easily.
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