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When friends consider starting a business together without discussing core values

My closest friend and I have been talking about starting a business together for years, but we've never actually discussed what success means to each of us or what we'd do if we fundamentally disagree about ethics or money, and now that we're finally ready to move forward, I'm realizing we might want completely different things.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The safety of friendship can mask the necessity of examining whether you're actually compatible as business partners.

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