It's basically the question of how an equal friendship is affected by an unequal business relationship. In my case, the commercial values and industry culture

It's basically the question of how an equal friendship is affected by an unequal business relationship. In my case, the commercial values and industry culture eventually eclipsed the social friendship and made it untenable, but that process took about a decade to eventuate. The imbalance was a big part of it. Not directly! The friend treated me well, but the other employees not so much. The resulting long term issues drove a wedge, and my friend had no choice but to side with his life's career.