The first thing a joint venture capitalist is going to do when considering a partnership is to check out a business plan. They’re going to go right to the financial section, because venture capitalists are very concerned about cash flow and want to know...

Joining your competitor and partnering with a person or company who already has a client base is the essence of a joint venture. If you're looking to do something unique to build your client base and your credibility, then you need to partner with somebod...

If you don’t have a list, what else is it that you can offer a joint venture partner? Maybe you have a great sales conversion, or maybe you have other products. A key element in successful joint ventures is to find someone who has a complementary pr...

The number one question people want to know in joint ventures is the same as in most partnership situations, “What's in it for me?” Joint ventures are all about building a relationship, so it's important to disclose what your intention is. You hav...

The first thing you need to know is that joint venturing isn't just limited to your database. Joint ventures are only limited by your creativity. You can use a joint venture for pretty much anything. Nothing is set in stone, and even if you start out as t...

Entrepreneurs make money by putting together win-win strategies that include endorsements and building those relationships, getting to a point where they optimize their joint venture so that people will endorse their product, and also equity partnerships....

One of the first things you want to do in a joint venture is to gain control of the deal. You want to be the one who calls the shots. But how do you ensure all partners involved in the joint venture provide the same input and reap according to what they s...

Always keep your market in the forefront of your thinking, particularly when doing joint ventures, and ask if these two questions apply to your business: 1. What other businesses or products out there directly benefit from your product? 2. What pr...

The most important mindset for a joint venture partnership is to approach it from an unlimited point of view. The only thing that really matters is that you are creative. If you can dream it up and you can create it, that’s really the only rule. A joint...

(c) 2008 Joel Ellams. All Rights Reserved When putting together capital for a joint venture partnership, you want to turnkey the deal to find someone else’s money and keep your own money to yourself, if you can. If you can turnkey the operation, y...

(c) 2008 Joel Ellams. All Rights Reserved The best way to build credibility is to just go out there and say, “Here’s a gift. Here’s a seminar you can do. Here’s a list.” Go to as many seminars as you can and start mingling with the heavy hi...

(c) 2008 Joel Ellams. All Rights Reserved Use four key strategies that draw buyers for your product before and after it’s published. 1. Use your database and clients to pre-sell your book. When using your database and clients to pre-sell your book...