Our startup team agreed to take lower salaries for equity but now that we're seeing some success the person who negotiated the biggest equity stake is pushing for decisions that benefit them long-term while the rest of us need more immediate financial relief. We're supposed to be in this together but our incentives are starting to diverge in ways that feel threatening to the whole enterprise.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group discovers that agreements made under one set of circumstances create competing interests as conditions change, threatening both relationships and shared goals.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.