But the bottom line is this: promises aren’t worth shit. You have to get papered up. Whether you’re collaborating on an album, a TV script, a landscaping business, or a brewery, you need to get the terms and expectations on paper before you sink too much of your time and equity into it. Trust me, everyone loves each other at the start. That handshake agreement feels firm when you’re starting out. But jealousy and envy are real. They might be buried so deep in a person’s nature that it could take years for them to come out, but they’ll find a way if there’s money involved. Protect yourself. Put
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