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When business partners discover fundamental differences in vision and risk tolerance

My business partner and I started this company because we shared the same vision, but now that we're actually building it, we're realizing we have completely different ideas about how fast to grow and how much risk to take. Every decision feels like we're fighting about our core values and I'm scared we're going to destroy both our friendship and our business.

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Two people are learning that shared dreams can mask incompatible approaches to actualizing those dreams.

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