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When startup stress destroys the friendship between co-founders

My co-founder and I used to be best friends but building this startup together has created so much stress and resentment between us that we barely talk outside of work meetings. We're both committed to the company but our friendship is dying and I don't know if we can save both.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pressure of shared professional risk can poison the personal bond that made collaboration possible in the first place, creating a loss that threatens both relationships.

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