Breaking up is hard to do
An old uni friend from Australia came to see the show last night. Afterwards we spent a few hours catching up on friends and acquaintances. Naturally her husband, who I was at school with (Sydney can seem ridiculously small), came up in conversation. He's been self-employed for years now, mostly in a partnership with a guy that he's now trying to shed.
The stress of decoupling a two-man band is something I went through a few years ago. The guy I call my 'partner' is really no more than the co-developer of our IP all those years ago. Going from Headcount = 2 to two solo operations with an explicit understanding regarding geographical territories was one of the smartest things we ever did.