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When founding teams drift apart after early success

Our startup team used to feel like family but since we got funding everything feels different — some of us are more focused on exit strategies, others on the mission, and we're all pretending we're still aligned when we're not. The success we wanted is changing who we are to each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Achievement is revealing divergent values that were hidden during the struggle phase.

Ideas that help explain it
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