I think it's about time I put my posting hat on and laid down my views on this subject :

As some of you may know , Mason and I have been partners for near 6 months now working on TheSitePeople.com, a web hosting business. At first me and Mason were I would say more acquaintancies than friends, but as time went on and the project came together we became quite close friends, as we had to work with eachother every day.

Now don't be fooled, there were problems with the partnership but not the partnership as a whole. I had a hard time devoting time to TSP during development, but not all the time. This somewhat delayed our launch by a few weeks. However what was improved upon before launch has only made us a better entity.

Mason never held it against me that I couldn't devote for_that_period, instead he encouraged the brand to do even better than before, and so far so good

It's not so much about choosing the partner, it's about creating a bond with them.