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When friends become business partners and start disagreeing on everything

My friend and I started a business together three years ago and lately we disagree on everything — how to spend money, who to hire, what direction to go — and we're both too afraid to say what we really think because we don't want to lose the friendship. But I think we might lose both the business and the friendship if we keep avoiding these conversations.

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Two people are discovering that their shared vision has diverged, but their care for each other is making the necessary conflicts harder to navigate.

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