Why does everyone assume that just because I am a stay at home Mom I am looking for a business partner? I guess because everyone is looking for a purpose. “Let’s go into business together!” I hear over a glass of wine with girlfriends. “Let’s start a business,” my neighbour throws at me while enjoying a cup of tea and some homemade cookies. I can’t think of a better way to be out of business (and a friendship), and bankrupting my family than starting a business with someone based on nothing but a whimsical, slightly tipsy notion that we could be the next great multi-million dollar, widget selling team. “What would we sell?” I ask. “Hmmmm” is usually the answer. Brainstorming for ten minutes over what we should manufacture, market, test-taste and ultimately sell is a road I do not intend to go down in this lifetime, at least, not with another person. A business relationship should not be based solely on friendship but should emerge out of a hole in the marketplace and the ability to fill it with something fabulous. Everyone is searching for a purpose. We all want validation. We all want to leave a legacy for our children and we all want to pat ourselves on the back for doing something memorable. Some of us just want the cash and none of the hard work.
