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Be very careful when thinking about joining someone else in business. Start something small together to make sure you’re compatible. One of the best ways to meet a future business partner is to join the Enterprise Workshops in your state.

The 12 month programme helps you to learn how to operate a business and during this time you may be lucky and find a suitable business partnership within the group. In 1992 Mary was 43 when she met her business partner Peter, 49 at an Enterprise Workshop in Canberra. As they had enjoyed meeting during the twelve month workshop, once the programme ended they decided to continue their business relationship by developing a computer database of over 22,000 public training courses, seminars, conferences, consultants and training resources.

Once complete they began marketing the database on an annual subscription basis to large corporations and government departments in all states of Australia. The easy to use system to recall information, at the touch of a keyboard, made Mary and Peter independently wealthy in only four years.