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When co-founders drift from their original vision

My co-founder and I started this company because we both wanted to build something meaningful, but now that we have employees and investors, we're making compromises that feel like we're losing our original vision and we haven't talked about whether we're both okay with this shift. I keep wondering if we're building what we actually wanted or just what will sell.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people who shared a dream are discovering that success might require betraying the values that brought them together.

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