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When co-founders disagree about implementing company values

My co-founder and I started this company with shared values about worker ownership and now we're at the size where we need to decide if we actually implement profit-sharing or if we've been telling ourselves a story that doesn't work in practice. We keep having the same circular conversation where we agree in principle but find reasons why now isn't the right time.

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