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How to establish decision-making authority among co-founders

Three of us started this company together and we've never formalized who has decision-making authority on what, so we end up in these circular discussions where we all think we're being collaborative but really we're just avoiding accountability. Last week we spent four hours debating a hiring decision that any one of us could have made in twenty minutes.

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Nobody decided who's in charge of what, so simple choices turn into endless meetings.

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