For business partners at every stage
Partners align. Businesses grow.
Stay Partners is a guided questionnaire where partners answer privately, compare, and write a shared understanding (MOU) together.
Starting out, a few years in, or ready for what comes next: get clear on who does what, how money flows, and who decides, before it costs you anything.
Your answers stay private until you both choose to compare. Here's exactly what we store.
Free during early access.
Being tested by partner teams in construction, beverage brokerage, and more.
See the questions to ask a business partner →How we compare to templates and lawyersTrust is why you're in business together. Clarity is how you stay that way.
A handshake is a great start. It's a lousy plan.
Partnerships rarely fail because of a bad product. They fail on unwritten assumptions and expectations: who does what, how money flows, who decides, and what “fair” means to each of you. Nobody brings it up because it feels awkward. You know what feels worse? Sorting it out in year three, with lawyers.
Everyone's heard "don't do business with friends." Almost everyone does anyway, because that's who they trust. The fix isn't avoiding them. It's writing down what you each expect.
Most partners don't know what to talk about. We give you the list.
Built by a business lawyer who got tired of watching good people sign bad boilerplate
“For 15 years I watched partners sign a generic agreement, or nothing at all, then come back years later to take the business apart. It feels a lot better to help people build.”
Andrew Legrand, founder · LinkedIn
Start the conversation
Create a shared space with your partner. Chat about it in your own words, or go question by question.
Answer independently
Each of you responds privately about goals, roles, money, decisions, and the changes worth planning for.
Align and keep growing
See where you agree, work through what needs a conversation, and keep a written record of what you decide together.
A guided conversation, not a generic form
We've seen what happens when partners invest in the relationship the way they invest in the business — and what happens when they wait. Stay Partners brings the important conversations into one place, one question at a time. Nothing you write is shared until you have both answered, so each of you can be honest before you compare. Finding a difference now is a gift. Finding it later is expensive.
Comparison · Money decisions
Who approves spending over $5,000?
Marcus answered
“Whoever runs that side of the business.”
Elena answered
“Both of us, every time.”
Difference to resolve
Agreed wording
Spending over $5,000 needs both partners' OK. Under that, the partner running that area decides.
Your shared MOU
Vance & Ruiz Electrical Services
- 1. Roles and who runs what
- 2. Money decisions
- 3. Time each partner puts in
- 4. What happens if someone wants out
Signed: Marcus Vance · Elena Ruiz
Not intended to be legally binding.
When this isn't the right tool
staypartners.io is for partners who want to work well together. If you're already in a dispute, or one of you is trying to get out, you need an attorney, not this.
Grow forward together
Know, in writing, who does what, how money flows, and how decisions get made. Come back when the business changes, a new opportunity appears, or it's time to strengthen the foundation again. Think of it as a business prenup, minus the courtroom vibes.