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How startup partners navigate paying themselves fairly

My business partner and I need to decide what to pay ourselves as our startup finally becomes profitable, but we contributed different things in the early days and have different financial situations now. We've been dancing around the conversation for weeks because we're both afraid of seeming greedy or unfair.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two founders must confront the messy reality of translating different contributions and needs into actual compensation.

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