Are you considering the partnership route in business? Well done but before you put pen to paper—you may need to consider what Zbinites are saying. They have walked the same path and below they share their experiences
Ivainashe Chikondo: Mukasanyatsotaurirana each person’s role muchakuvara.Availability umwe haadi kushanda.Nyaya yekuda kukasira kudya maprofits .Madecisions anoclasher umwe neumwe achida kunzi ndiye mukuru.In other terms partnerships moto unopisa sebarika
Blessing JB: Unbalanced efforts
– Vison,
– Control,
– unmatched Customer care,
– unmatched effort,
– unmatched share of profits,
– diverse believe systems
Marceline Zvavanoda: Kutsotsana
Oscar Tapiwa Matembo:Disagreements
Doreen Dube: Unmatched efforts
Tendai Makosa:Ndichaitsanangura kuti yangu what where the causes
Tendai Makosa:Ini ndakaiita ndikanyura some years back,
Emilyn Nantamula:Ini ndikangoziva kuti maproblems anotiwira nguva dzakasiyana ndotoona iri non starter chaiyo.imagine kurwarirwa nemwana imi muine mari inenge ichinzi toda kuzostocker.haa hazvione
Romain Muchs:Greedy, lack of knowledge from partner, no contractual agreement, no vision
1. When you don’t define how you hire and agree on who joins and after which process panogona kupinda a person who will divide and rule. The organisation will collapse.
2. Lack of leadership skills not understanding kuti if you are both leaders failing to respect each other and backbiting each other in front of staff is like shooting yourself in the leg.
3. When one party is not financially literate and wants to enjoy profits when the project is in infancy.
4. Different belief systems when one partner believes to be successful in bussiness zvinoda kuromba and the other believes in only Jesus to bless the bussiness.
5. When one partner doesn’t value the other instead of just appreciating each other and be at peace, after all mari haigari pane noise kkkk.
Simbarashe Marinda:Decision making against urgency
Tobias Masiyazi:A partnership of single man stay peaceful than the one infiltrated by the #JezebelsAndHoles…
Augustine Mukwenya:Kuroyana
George Chipepera:Haa partnership marwadzo wangu
Ephraim Makara:Different spending models and social needs
Tendai Makosa:Business randakaiyawo ndine partner raive re Cocktail bar, i was 19 mumwe wangu was 40 saka problem hombe yaive pa “AGE” ini ndaiive ne experience pane zvema bar izvi like ma beers anowanika papi kana delta isina ndinobata ani, i was well connected, munwe wangu hapana kana zvaizivikanwa chaingivewo chidhakwa chete but pa mari anga anayo kupfuura ini, saka pama decisions apo painetsa ini using experience ndaimudza zvodiwa iye oti ndine mari kupfura iwe saka ita zvandikuda ini, at one point pa Dstv ndakatomuti lets just subscribe zve super sport iye kwakuisa movies, pamwe pacho ndikmuti lets buy more emptyis dze beer iye akanoyenga ma empty crates saka maone hama dzangu kkkkkk
Blessing Matora: Ma decisions anenge achi clasher and above all, transparency
kutsotsana ,
kunyeyana ,
Kuroyana
Kuvengana
1 anonyura chete
Eddington Pindura:Business partnership inogona kuva chinhu chinokurumidza kusimudza… kana kukudonhedza. Zvinoshamisa ndezvekuti mazhinji ematambudziko haasi pamusoro pebhizinesi pacharo — asi pamusoro pevanhu vari mubhizinesi.
Ngatitarisei zvinowanzoitika:
Pakutanga munhu wese anenge achiti “let’s build something big.”
Asi “big” rinorevei?
Mumwe anoda kukura fast, risk achiita leverage.
Mumwe anoda organic growth, achidzivirira zvikwereti.
Kana vision isina kunyatso nyorwa pasi uye kutauriranwa zvakakwana, pakufamba kwenguva munotanga kuenda nzira dzakasiyana.
Mari ndiyo Inonyanya Kupwanya
Profit sharing disputes.
Capital contributions kusawirirana.
Mumwe kushandisa mari pasina kubvunzana.
Mumwe achinzwa sekuti ari kushanda zvakanyanya asi payout yakafanana.
Transparency ndiyo foundation. Kana ikashaikwa, trust inotanga kupera.
Roles & Responsibilities Kusajeka
“Ndakafunga kuti ndiwe unoita izvi.”
“Handina kuziva kuti ibasa rangu.”
Kana pasina structure, munhu mumwe anopedzisira aita mabasa mazhinji. Resentment inotanga zvishoma nezvishoma.
Clear job descriptions mu partnership hazvisi zve corporate chete — zvinodzivirira makakatanwa.
Work Ethic Imbalance
Kana mumwe achipa 100% uye mumwe 50%, kunyangwe pakutanga zvichiita kunge zvakanaka, panosvika nguva zvinoputika.
Consistency inofanirwa kufanana kana pedyo.
Communication Breakdown
Silent frustration ndiyo inouraya partnerships.
Kana vanhu vasingatauri zvavanonzwa nekukurumidza, zvinhu zvinoungana kusvika zvave emotional explosion.
Regular review meetings dzinobatsira kugadzirisa zvinhu zvisati zvava zvihombe.
Hapana Legal Agreement
Vanhu vazhinji vanotanga vachiti:
“Tiri shamwari, hazvidi mapepa.”
Asi business haina manzwiro.
Partnership agreement inofanira kutsanangura:
Profit sharing
Decision-making power
Capital input
Exit strategy
Exit clause inonyanya kukosha kupfuura zvese — inodzivirira hushamwari kana zvinhu zvisina kufamba zvakanaka.
Ego & Control
Ego ndiyo silent killer.
Kana munhu asingadi kugadzirisa, asingadi kubvuma kukanganisa, kana achida control yese, partnership inotanga kuoma.
Mutual respect ndiyo inofanirwa kutungamira.
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