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"When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary." William Wrigley Jr. I think you need to distinguish between values conflicts, where you sh
by skmurphy 17y ago
"When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary." William Wrigley Jr.
I think you need to distinguish between values conflicts, where you should have very high agreement, and disagreements over strategies or tactics to implement or sell your product.
If your co-founder can't make suggestions to improve what you are working on at least half the time I don't think you have a lot of synergy.
Michael Schrage studied a number of collaborative teams for his books "Shared Minds" and "Serious Play." He concluded that it was a shared focus on a problem that was larger than they could solve individually that encouraged collaboration. That does not mean that team members agree most of the time.
- MrSartorial 17y agoI think co-founders are most useful when you have a similar vision but bring different expertise to the issue. I agree with what you are saying though, that you should have similar values and vision, but then want to discuss the implementation from different perspectives. It's kind of like having a mini focus group or think tank. Those different understandings of the issue are important to come to the BEST implementation and to avoid groupthink.