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MAY 2008

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Have You Got What It Takes To Be A Copreneur?
By Margaret Heffernan

Combining what you love with who you love can be convenient and fun — or it could be a catastrophe. Answer these 14 easy questions to find out if you and your significant other have what it takes to join the 3.6 million couples in the United States who already are running their businesses together.

1. I would describe my marriage as:

a happy constant

a good compromise

a roller coaster

2. I would describe my partner as:

a superb business brain

smart in parts

charming but unreliable

3. I would also describe my partner as:

different from me, but complementary

similar to me but with different areas of expertise

sometimes better, sometimes worse than me

4. I resolve differences by:

discussion, debate, resolution

ignoring them

knowing how to win

5. When something makes me unhappy, I:

discuss it at once

wait to see what happens

wait for it to go away

6. I would describe my current financial position as:

solid but open to improvement

fragile

perilous

7. In business, my family is:

wholeheartedly supportive

puzzled

negative

8. In management, I am:

good at setting boundaries and delegating

not much bothered who does what

good at knowing the right way to do things

9. Being an entrepreneur is important to me because:

I love building something from scratch

I like being the boss

I like doing things your own way

10. When I have free time, I most like to:

spend it with my partner

spend it with friends

spend it alone reading

11. I switch off:

regularly

sometimes

never

12. When I have children, I imagine them:

running a family business

working in a bank

working freelance

13. I think making money is:

unbelievably difficult

largely a matter of luck

easy

14. In business I would describe myself as:

experienced, with the scars to prove it

learning

untarnished by past mistakes.

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