Are you concerned your business partner is cheating on you? Here are 5 sure signs your partner has a secret side hustle:
- They take their calls in another room
They say it’s rude to talk on the phone in front of others? Well, we say it’s rude to have a secret project on the side at the expense of your current business relationship! Come on, what do they have to hide?
2. They won’t give you their LinkedIn password
Everyone knows they hate LinkedIn and almost never use it! So it shouldn’t be a big deal for you to log in to their account whenever you feel like it. You even promised you’re not going to post anything; you just wanna poke around. They deflect, saying they “forgot” their password? Ha! How convenient.
3. They’re using new marketing moves you did NOT teach them
Honestly, you didn’t even know people still liked that.
4. They say they’d rather work from their own house than in your garage
Even though starting a company together in a garage has a proven track record of success! Look at Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yankee Candle Company! If they don’t want to work in your garage, it’s almost like they don’t even want your company to succeed.
5. They wrote in their journal that they don’t know what they’ll be doing in 5 years
Uh, red flag!! In five years they should be helping you continue to grow the company and secure another round of funding! This does not look good.
