Emma

Emma decides that she’d like to find a business partner to start her business with, as she thinks she’ll be too lonely moving from a big company to just being on her own. She’s also terrible at managing money and any administrative tasks.

Her friend Alan works in the accounts team at the same company, and they worked together brilliantly on a project last year, which is when they got to know each other. He’s one of the people who have been encouraging Emma to start her own business. He’s very good at the skills where Emma is weak.

Emma decides to approach him and he’s very flattered, but a bit nervous about the risks. They agree to work together on the planning and to defer the final decision until later. It’s agreed that he will have a ...

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