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When business partners' values get tested by growth pressures

My co-founder and I started this company with shared values about work-life balance and treating employees well, but as we've grown and pressure has increased, we're making decisions that go against what we said we believed in. We haven't talked about whether we're both okay with this drift or if one of us is more uncomfortable than we're admitting.

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Success can reveal fundamental differences in how partners prioritize principles versus pragmatism under pressure.

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