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When business partnerships struggle with conflict and communication

My best friend from college and I started a business together three years ago and we're successful but we've never figured out how to fight well — we either avoid conflict completely or one of us shuts down when things get hard. Now we have our biggest decision yet about expansion and I can feel us both dancing around what we really think.

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Two people built something together but never learned how to navigate the inevitable tensions that come with shared stakes and different perspectives.

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