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When friendship complicates business partnerships

My business partner and I have been friends for ten years before starting this company, and now that we're dealing with real financial pressure, we don't know how to disagree professionally without it feeling like a personal betrayal. We keep avoiding difficult business decisions because we're afraid of damaging our friendship.

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Two people are trying to preserve one form of relationship at the expense of what their current situation actually requires.

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