Jeff mentioned a belief espoused by some that you should not work with your friends, your friends' friends, your associates, or your associates' associates. The Internet is all about bringing people together. The Internet has made a space where ideas can be formulated and tested. He agrees that the Internet is about creating partnerships and idea exchanges that might not have existed previously. Don t be afraid to ask.
Every business has the possibility to take advantage of partnerships with small businesses.
Small and mid sized sites should concentrate on partnerships with sites of the same size that can offer affinity relationships. Entrepreneurs should take a look around them and see that they are the hardest working of anybody. Good ideas are not enough, it takes incredible discipline to work hard. Jeff sees entrepreneurs underestimating how much work they think it will take to build their companies. The rest of us have to scrap and scrape along.