First point, this friend is evil and I would absolutely avoid any kind of relationship or partnership with someone acting like this.
Find another partner that is the first rule, tell your friend to fuck off and try to keep the main client for yourself. Incorporate basic company (don’t know where you live it changes from place to place) and convince the client that you do the job and that he will be extremely satisfied. Offer him a discount for a few moment or find any other way to keep him for you.
Build a brand around your cleaning business and follow all the steps to make your company grow (business plan, brand, staff and so on). Let this horrible friend out of your life.
If you lose the main client whatever, keep on doing what you did and go back from the beginning if necessary. Having a client or even a few is a fraction of making a business work and scale, don’t worry about losing your partnership.
Things could be different if you already incorporated 50/50 with your friend. Then he has no right to decide anything more than you. As a 50% shareholder your decision can block any other decision that hasn’t been made before. I would need to know more about your company status to give you further advice. You told us about initial investment, what did you invest and what did you buy with this money ?
First point, this friend is evil and I would absolutely avoid any kind of relationship or partnership with someone acting like this.
Find another partner that is the first rule, tell your friend to fuck off and try to keep the main client for yourself. Incorporate basic company (don’t know where you live it changes from place to place) and convince the client that you do the job and that he will be extremely satisfied. Offer him a discount for a few moment or find any other way to keep him for you.
Build a brand around your cleaning business and follow all the steps to make your company grow (business plan, brand, staff and so on). Let this horrible friend out of your life.
If you lose the main client whatever, keep on doing what you did and go back from the beginning if necessary. Having a client or even a few is a fraction of making a business work and scale, don’t worry about losing your partnership.
Things could be different if you already incorporated 50/50 with your friend. Then he has no right to decide anything more than you. As a 50% shareholder your decision can block any other decision that hasn’t been made before. I would need to know more about your company status to give you further advice. You told us about initial investment, what did you invest and what did you buy with this money ?