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When business partners disagree about earn-to-give versus direct impact

My business partner and I started our company specifically to earn-to-give, but now that we're successful she wants to pivot toward direct impact work while I think we can do more good by maximizing profits and donating. We haven't talked about how this threatens the entire foundation of our partnership.

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Two people built something together around shared altruistic goals that are no longer shared.

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