I'm a single mom who runs a small business. When I needed to expand, I hired a business partner who is my exact opposite.

The author (right) has started working with a business partner (left) to run her small business.

Courtesy of East End Taste I run a small business in the Hamptons and have been interested in growing it.

I started working with a business partner who thinks and operates completely differently from me.

He has helped me grow my business because he turned my ideas and access into growth.

I have always known how to get an idea off the ground.

As the founder of East End Taste, a Hamptons-based events company, I had built my career through relationships, creativity, instinct, and determination.

For a long time, I believed those strengths were enough to move my small business forward, but then I wanted to expand my company.

We had already been in operation for eight years, and I saw an opportunity to work with more clients.

As a single mom , I also hoped to be an example for my kids.

I liked the idea that growing my business would teach them to be proud of what you have built while remaining willing to learn something new.

I knew it wouldn't be easy to expand, but then I met my business partner .

He approached nearly everything differently, but he helped take the small business to the next level.

My new business partner operates differently from me Born in Venezuela, my business partner, Edberg Espinoza, has worked across project development, technology, and visual production.

Where I instinctively see relationships, possibilities, and creative opportunities , he looks for the structure required to support them.