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When business partnerships avoid the money conversation

My best friend and I started a business together three years ago and we've never actually talked about money — who deserves what, how much we each put in beyond the initial investment, what happens if one of us wants out. Now we're finally profitable and I can feel the conversation we've been avoiding sitting between us like a third person in every meeting.

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Two people who built something together must now negotiate what they've both been too afraid to name.

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