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When business partners are also best friends and growth visions clash

My best friend and I started a small business together three years ago and lately we've been making decisions differently — she wants to grow fast and I want to stay sustainable — and we're both starting to feel like the other person doesn't understand what this business means to us. We haven't said it out loud but I think we're both scared we're going to lose the friendship over this.

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Two people are discovering that their deepest values about success and security are incompatible, and the stakes include both their livelihood and their connection.

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