friendship help: My friend & I were supposed to be going into business together,

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My friend & I were supposed to be going into business

together, well not business as such, we’re both 16 years of age & we were planning to piece together this small clothing line sort of thing.

So it was all going really well, until we got to designing, she seems to think a couple of prints on a T-shirt is enough, so I put my foot down & said no. So I said some of my ideas, & she thought they sounded really good & I thought she would help but instead she is leaving EVERYTHING to me, designing/making/selling etc. so I asked her what she would be doing while I was doing everything & she replied that she would make these braclets that she has been making - so she’s threading buttons on a piece of thread while I’m making dresses. u_u I didn’t think this was very fair, so I said well… you get the money from the bracelets & I’ll get the money from the dresses/shoes etc. but apprently that’s not fair, she wants the money SPILT into two because she’s part of it. NO SHE’S NOT. She’s not doing anything apart from making some bracelets & I’m supposed to do everything else - that means photography, modelling, advertising, making, desiging, selling etc.

I really want to do this alone now, she even killed the name of the company. @__@ It’s doing my head in, so how can I do it alone without her? I don’t want to hurt her feelings or anything, so I was thinking about setting it up whilst still doing the one with her but that’d be too much work for me, so help? o.O Please.

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0018 0 #
Singapore, 00, SG | 3 months ago (26 minutes after post)

Tell her truthfully how you feel, and if she doesn’t take it, I think you should do it alone.

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vivzofwale 5 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (36 minutes after post)

ok. so bottomline is, the money (profit) you get is contingent on the amount you put in (capital). example, you put in 30$ and she put in 70$ at the start of the business. if you have a profit (not revenue) of 500$ and decide to pocket everything, you should get 150$ while your friend, 350$ (30%-70%). this is the DIVIDEND you get regardless of work division. however, to distribute the work, you can come up with salary/wages/commissions. so perhaps you can determine the number of items you are able to sell and base the salary there (there are many basis for this actually). this way, things are fair. and more objective. :)

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An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (36 minutes after post)

agreed. you should tell her that you feel slightly overwhelmed and either she can share in some of your responsibilities, take a pay cut, or that you’re going to work on your own. (just find a nicer way of saying that o.O )

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Cell 53 #
Winnipeg, MB, CA | 3 months ago (44 minutes after post)

Ahhh…business partnerships r very tricky. Most r doomed to failure.

Try to pull out as nicely as you can.

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pika 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (53 minutes after post)

Yeah, I think I’m going to have to tell her nicely. :/

@vivzofwale & leedarien; I’ve already told her that we should base how much money we get each on how much work we do for the company, however, she just said “that’s not fair, why should you get more than me just because you’re doing more work?” so… yeah. u__u She has a weird view of fair, or at least it is to me. XD

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vivzofwale 5 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months ago (58 minutes after post)

hollywoodkill wrote:
Yeah, I think I’m going to have to tell her nicely. :/

@vivzofwale & leedarien; I’ve already told her that we should base how much money we get each on how much work we do for the company, however, she just said “that’s not fair, why should you get more than me just because you’re doing more work?” so… yeah. u__u She has a weird view of fair, or at least it is to me. XD

it IS a weird view. go get a business book and show it to her. :)

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Cell 53 #
Winnipeg, MB, CA | 3 months ago (2 hours, 25 minutes after post)

End the partnership now. It will only be worse later on. Just tell her you’re sorry it didn’t work out and beg her to still be friends with her. I’m sure it will be fine.

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