Foothill College Partnership in a Massage Spa Business Memorandum

Partnership in a Massage Spa Business

What you need to know to protect your investment

Learning Objectives:

Becoming familiar with key issues and considerations when entering a partnership

Understanding how partnership issues affect the success of the business

Understanding how to use the agreement to keep the business moving

Guidelines

Make a list using sequential numbering, starting with the number 1, 2, 3, ….

Identify the source of all information that you use.

Submission to be posted in the Canvas message box.

Use Business Memo Format.

Readings and Research

Chapter 34 (Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and General Partnerships); Chapter 35 (Limited Partnerships); and Internet research on partnerships. [Skim, no need to memorize the chapters.]

Assignment [total point value 30 points]

Abby and Betty are licensed massage therapists. They met while studying to become licensed massage therapists in California. After passing their licensing exam, they often worked at the same massage spas. They became friends who often ate their lunch and took their breaks together.  They enjoyed visiting other massage spas in their spare time to see what some of the other masseuses were doing and to look for a spa that they could buy.

One day Abby told Betty about a massage spa for sale. They visited the spa and liked what they saw. The purchase price was within their budget. After investigating and doing their due diligence, Abby and Betty purchased the business as 50/50 owners.

What type of agreement should Abby and Betty have for their new business. [Note: This question is not about the organizational structure of the business, and how the business engages the outside world. This question is about how the two partners interact with each other and how they are going to run the business and share in the profits and losses. It is about the business itself.]

Identify 10 key issues that Abby and Betty should address; explain why the issue is important and how you think it should be handled. Number each issue in numerical order: e.g., 1, 2, 3, …

Rubric

Short Assignment 2 – Partnership in a Massage Spa Business

Short Assignment 2 – Partnership in a Massage Spa Business

CriteriaRatingsPts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIdentify 10 key issues and explain why each issue is important to the partnership