The Aligned Partnership Guidebook

Build your business partnership with integrity, clarity, care, and shared alignment.

Most partnerships don’t fail from lack of potential, they fracture from lack of structure, honesty, and support. This framework was created to change that. This is a guidebook designed to help you and your partner(s):

• Have the conversations most people avoid

• Clarify expectations around money, roles, and ownership

• Surface misalignment early, before it becomes rupture

• Build agreements that support both the business and the relationship

• Create a structure that allows for growth, change, and sustainability

What you’ll receive:

• A guided partnership workbook (Google doc)

• Structured prompts across:

  • Vision and values

  • Roles and responsibilities

  • Ownership and equity

  • Money and profit sharing

  • Intellectual property

  • Conflict and repair

  • Exit pathways

• A three-phase process to move you from:

  • Individual reflection

  • Shared conversation

  • Final agreement

Who this is for:

• Founders starting something together

• Creative collaborators building a shared platform or offering

• Friends entering business together

• Existing partners wo what to realign or repair

Why this work is different:

This framework is rooted in both:

• Real-world business building

• Ongoing research in regenerative and decolonial approaches to economics, partnership, and community

It acknowledges that:

• Power shifts

• Labor is not always visible

• Relationships require care, not just contracts

How to begin:

• Purchase and download the guidebook

• Make a copy and complete individually

• Come together and move through the guided process

• Create your shared partnership agreement using the tools and structure provided