A Case of Family Business Strategy of Expansion

Abstract

This case study follows the case of a small entrepreneur who faced many problems during the initial time of set-up. This work specifically mentions a few dilemmas, such as whether a family business or a partnership business is better, the role of trust in a start-up and the importance of the business partner when the start-up was started by a married couple, namely the dilemma of dual responsibility. This start-up was related to interior design business and was dealing with a wide range of products. Things were moving fine, but the dilemma started when Priya, one of the founders and a director of the company, became inactive and the other founder, Uday Upadhaya, was thinking of expanding the business.