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I definitely agree with the advice to seek therapy for the inevitable relationship issues over coaching. Coaches definitely will help the individual but the exp

I definitely agree with the advice to seek therapy for the inevitable relationship issues over coaching. Coaches definitely will help the individual but the experience is typically so one sided that it can often result in making tensions worse. A co-founder leaving can cause a lot of trauma to organization that is impossible once one leaves. I'm sure founders think the main impact is individual but let's be honest, it affects the entire staff. So yeah, co-founder tension needs to be treated like a marriage for the benefit of the co-founders and especially the benefit of the employees.

cannaceo 4y ago
It's worse than a marriage. At least in a marriage you can get divorced.
- djbusby 4y ago
  You can separate from business relationship too. IME it's less messy than divorce.
dheera 4y ago
On the other hand I think it's important for leaving to be normalized and accepted as an option. In my previous startup there were an increasing number of irreconcilable differences between me and my then-cofounder's style of working, management, and doing business, and though we had tried a lot I don't think me being egged on by everyone in the system to stay in the company while depressed about it was helpful. The reality is cofounders can leave (legally) and we already have a perfectly good structure (vesting schedule) to deal with such decisions fairly, we just need to normalize it actually happening when it needs to happen.