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Scenario

When business partners have different financial safety nets

My business partner and I bootstrapped our startup with our own savings but now we need more capital and we disagree about whether to take on debt, seek investors, or keep grinding with no salary. He has family money to fall back on and I don't, so the risks feel completely different to each of us, but we haven't been direct about how our different safety nets affect our decision-making.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners must make critical funding decisions while their personal financial situations create invisible asymmetries in risk tolerance.

Your guide for this
Zera
Zera works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

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Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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