Why Trades Hurt Business Relationships And What Entrepreneurs Should Do Instead (feat. Staci Millard)

About this episode

Kristina and Staci discuss the implications of making trades in business and share personal experiences.

In this episode of Community, Kristina and CEO of Thrive Accounting Staci Millard are talking about whether or not you should be making trades in business. For this purpose a trade is the voluntary exchange of goods or services between parties instead of monetary payments. Trades always come with some risk, especially if the terms aren’t clearly defined, tune in to hear: Whether Staci and Kristina support making business trades.Stories from their own experiences making trades.How to negotiate...

People in this episode

Host: Kristina Bartold

Guest: Staci Millard

Topics covered

• business trades
• entrepreneurship
• negotiation
• business relationships
• risk management

Keywords

• trades
• business relationships
• entrepreneurship
• negotiation
• risk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thrive Accounting

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