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Written by: Jayson Curuso

Article Overview: Many entrepreneurs only seek venture capitalists or angel investors for their new business projects. By doing that, they leave one valuable alternative on the table; namely, the opportunity to start or expand their business via a joint venture.

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Aside from the obvious benefits of the infusion of money in a startup or expansion, joint ventures can bring other benefits including:
• Joint ventures can provide companies with the ability to increase capacity and add expertise via the new partnership team.
• Joint ventures can enable companies to participate in related businesses, to branch out into new geographic regions or to obtain new technological knowledge.
• Joint ventures are normally short-term business arrangements (5-7 years) and because of this they do not represent long-term commitments.
• Joint ventures provide a way for companies to move away from their core businesses. Companies can gradually separate a portion of their business from the rest and eventually sell it to the partner company. Eighty percent of all joint ventures end when one partner sells to the other.

Find That Money helps investors with their joint venture plans by providing a location where joint venture partners can meet and arrange their business endeavors. This financial network of Find That Money is the largest in the world and this reach allows it to make connections that would virtually impossible otherwise.
Important steps before forming a joint venture
There are a number of steps to follow before entering a joint venture. Some of these steps are:
1. Screen all prospective partners in a joint venture. Find That Money gives the ability to for potential associates to better understand each other before entering a joint venture.
2. Potential partners should develop combined business plans for the joint venture. This allows both partners to identify their contribution to the relationship.
3. Perform due diligence. This means checking the credentials of the other party before entering a joint venture. Find That Money is a great place to begin that verification process.
4. Develop an exit strategy and define the terms for dissolving the joint venture.
5. Create the best type of structure for the joint venture. Most joint ventures are formed as strategic corporate partnerships.
6. Define the physical needs of the joint venture. Real estate, buildings and other capital goods needed for the joint venture need to be identified.
7. Compensation for the parties involved in the joint venture should be set before entering an agreement.

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