My co-founder and I are both veterans but we have completely opposite reactions to how our startup should respond to political moments — they think businesses should stay neutral as a form of patriotic unity and I think staying silent is abandoning our civic duty. Every time something happens nationally we end up in the same argument about what our responsibility is as American business owners.
More people experience this than they realize.
Partners with shared military service are discovering that common background doesn't guarantee alignment on how patriotic duty translates to business leadership.
“Where Are You with National identity and patriotism examined?”
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