Lessons from ESPN’s ‘Mike & Mike’ on how to maintain a successful business partnership

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LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 19: Sports broadcasters Mike Greenberg (L) and Mike Golic, hosts of ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" show, speak as they are inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the NAB Show Radio Luncheon at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino on April 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAB Show, the trade show of the National Association of Broadcasters and the world's largest electronic media show, runs through April 21 and features more than 1,700 exhibitors and 103,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Sports broadcasters Mike Greenberg (L) and Mike Golic, hosts of ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" show, speak as they are inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

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One of sports talk radio’s most famous pair is breaking up: ESPN’s long-running talk show “Mike and Mike” is coming to an end.

The eponymous co-hosts of the show, Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, have been on the air together since 1998. The network has announced recently that the show is going off the air later this year. The two addressed the split during their Wednesday, May 17 show.

Greeny & Golic address the future of Mike & Mike

— Mike & Mike (@MikeAndMike)

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— Keyshawn, JWill & Max (@KeyJayandMax) May 17, 2017

But rumors are circulating that the show might end sooner than that, because of two Mikes’ souring friendship. Staffers on the show have characterized the off-air relationship of the two as “poisonous.”

Like all relationships, business partnerships require maintenance, patience and understanding. Larry talks to business partnership strategist Patty Soffer on how to go about launching - and keeping - a successful business partnership.

Guest:

Patty Soffer, partnership and business strategist based in Los Angeles and author of the many books, including, “Partnership or Partnersh*t: You Decide” (A Human Foundation Publishing, LLC , 2012)