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.
Partners must make critical funding decisions while their personal financial situations create invisible asymmetries in risk tolerance.
“Where Are You with Money in your 20s — the foundation decisions?”
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