You’ll run out of your own money long before you run out of good deals. Joint ventures let you keep growing with other people’s capital — and done right, everyone wins. This path shows you how to find partners, pitch them, and structure the deal so it holds up.
Before you raise a dollar, understand how a joint venture actually works — the roles, the money, and the responsibilities on each side. This course covers the essentials.
Action step: Write a one-line description of what you bring to a JV.
Arlen Dahlin role-plays real conversations with potential JV partners, so you can hear how a confident, honest pitch actually sounds.
Action step: Practise your pitch out loud once before your next coffee.
Arlen Dahlin returns on the X-factor with JV partners — the trust and positioning that make people choose to invest with you over anyone else.
Action step: Note the one thing that would make you more credible to a partner.
Tom Sullivan’s “Who Wants Pie?” makes deal structure simple: how to divide equity, cashflow, and work so both sides feel they got a fair slice.
Action step: Draft a rough split for a deal you have in mind.
Peter Cuttini covers the tax and accounting side of joint ventures in Canada and the US — the part that quietly makes or breaks the returns.
Action step: List the professionals you’d want on a JV before you sign.