There must be something going on. Every day I hear of great ideas and come across underutilized resources.

How can these be put together?

One way we put them together is to meet up with like minded people. We can join a business club or go online to a social networking site. We can read up on how things can get done or go and play golf in the hope that we can meet up with the right person who may be able to help.

For any entrepreneur his or her business is always front of mind, all day every day. We are always searching for opportunities to improve our service or product. As we know there are many ways to improve our lot. What works for one does not necessarily work for another.  

Personally what would work for me is to become involved in a supportive environment that brings you face to face with your prospective future partner. Face to face can mean an experience in person or an experience online.

Today we have various forms of enhanced technology that can allow us to communicate online. You can use text, audio, video, teleconferences, webinars, forums, membership sites and other tools to gain a better idea of who you are dealing with. However this all takes time, the sifting and sorting to narrow things down to what it is that you exactly want or need.

We all need to do joint ventures of one sort or another but most of us clearly lack one or other aspect of getting the joint venture done. We either need to have the idea or the resources and then to follow the strategy through followed by the tools. To complete the deal you need to be able to work with people you trust.

Clearly this entire process takes time. That to me is the most important ingredient – time – all things take time. If we have the necessary commitment and persistence and everything else we then need time to develop trust for our future joint ventures to pay off.