Please join The Fort and Affinity Lab for an evening with...

David Gage is the author of The Partnership Charter

He will be speaking and taking questions about building and maintaining business partnerships among startup founders. Who COULD'NT use advice from this guy?? :)

This is the perfect event for any founder that is planning to enter a new partnership or is looking to improve the one they're already in! David is a SUPER engaging and VERY experienced speaker (businesses pay $2,000 for his workshops).

He will talk about:

• understanding personal styles
• managing expectations in a partnership
• scenario planning
• conflict resolution

This event is not to be missed for any founder! (we will have beer and snacks)

-- Dan Berger (Social Tables), Philippe Chetrit (Affinity Lab), and Shahab Kaviani (CoFounders Lab)

About the Book

The Partnership Charter is a document that clearly outlines the goals, expectations, responsibilities, and relationships of a business's principals. The charter identifies potential sources of conflict and how they can be resolved, while addressing such sensitive issues as personal styles, values, money, and power.

Illustrating every principle through engaging stories drawn from Gage's front-line experience consulting to business partners, as well as interviews with the founding partners of such successful businesses as Ben & Jerry’s, Progressive Insurance and Manpower, Inc.

The Partnership Charter dispels common myths and presents a practical framework for launching, building, and sustaining a thriving business partnership.

About David Gage

David Gage is a leader in the field of business mediation and the founder of BMC Associates. Dr. Gage has 30 years experience as a clinical psychologist and over 20 years experience as a business mediator. In his clinical practice, he specialized in couples, family, and group therapy.

David has spoken to bar associations and business and professional organizations locally and nationally, has been interviewed on radio and TV, written for the Washington Business Journal, Executive Excellence, Family Business, and was featured in the New York Times, Fortune, Nation’s Business, and The Washington Post. He also serves as a professor at American University's Kogod School of Business.

Personal Note

Both Dan and Philippe were so moved by David's book that they reached out to ask him to host a special lecture for startup founders.