Michael D. Morrison
Oklahoma City-based small business coach, host of the Small Business Pivots podcast (top 10% globally ranked), and Founder & CEO of BOSS | Business Ownership Simplified for Success.
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Oct 6, 2026
Meredith BellHOST
What did you see in this person originally that made you think this is going to be a really good partner?
Michael D. MorrisonGUEST
So the dust has settled from those days, so I don't want to stir it up at all.
Michael D. MorrisonGUEST
But I think going before the partner was, why was I looking to partner in the first place? Because here is one of the, probably the number one reasons why most business partnerships fail.
Michael D. MorrisonGUEST
In fact, there's a percentage out there that if you think about marriages, about 50% fail, over 70% of business partnerships fail.
6 MINS LATER
Meredith BellHOST
And I'm curious, at what point did you realize that it was truly a, you know, values mismatch, not just personality differences?