Keep a useful business decision log with the decision, owner, date, reason, status and review trigger. Make later changes easy to follow.
Prepare a first partnership meeting with shared goals, possible contributions, approval roles, information boundaries and a small next step.
Write a one-page business brief with five clear sections: context, outcome, scope, constraints and next step. Mark unknowns and avoid unsupported commitments.
Check a business identity with ABN Lookup, compare names and identifiers, record the check and clarify mismatches before a new commercial relationship.