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When co-founders can't have honest conversations about equity

We're three years into building this company together and every conversation about equity splits turns into the same circular discussion where no one wants to be the greedy one and we've created this elaborate dance around who deserves what. I'm pretty sure we're all keeping score differently and it's starting to affect how we make basic business decisions.

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Nobody will talk honestly about who deserves what, and it's poisoning the partnership.

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