Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction Out from Under the Radar; Chapter 1 Why Partnership Works for Women; Chapter 2 What Does Being a Woman Have to Do with It?; Chapter 3 Debunking the Myths; Chapter 4 Searching for Partners; Chapter 5 Preparing for Risks; Chapter 6 Leveraging Conflict; Chapter 7 The Rubber Band Theory Moving Forward; Moving Forward; Notes; Acknowledgments; Contributing Partners; About the Authors; About the Mulberry Partners; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y
Summary
Betsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, accountability, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships. Drawing on their own twelve-year partnership and from interviews with 125 women business partners, Polk and Chotas demolish the myths that keep women from collaborating and offer advice for handling a host of potential challenges. This groundbreaking book shows that when women team up-combining complementary skills, channeling their egos into the partnersh