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When startup teams avoid addressing unequal contribution

Four of us left our jobs to start this thing together and we're six months in and one person is clearly not contributing equally but we're all acting like everything is fine because confronting it feels like it would destroy the friendship and maybe the company.

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One of your co-founders isn't pulling their weight, but calling it out could blow up the friendship and the company.

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