My co-founder is brilliant and I trust his judgment completely but he's also becoming impossible to be around when things get stressful and I can see it affecting the team but I don't know how to address it without seeming like I'm attacking his character. We've been friends for ten years and business partners for three and I feel like I'm failing at both relationships.
More people experience this than they realize.
Your friend and partner is hurting the team, and you can't tell him without risking the friendship.
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