There's an old aphorism that goes something like "don't get loans from family". I consider people worth calling friends to be similar to family. I also don't h

There's an old aphorism that goes something like "don't get loans from family". I consider people worth calling friends to be similar to family. I also don't have close family connections at that level. Guess that means I put more importance on friendship. I've had the experience one time of cofounding a company with a friend. It didn't end badly, but it wasn't ideal. I realized pretty quickly I was going to be solely responsible for actually building the product. My partner was a great designer and actually had the business knowledge. To be completely honest we could have made something of it but I wasn't in the right place at the time to deep dive. Probably should have carried through with it. We'd likely be the biggest site to basically do Airbnb for cinema rental locations today. Again, I only say that because he had the connections to make that happen. Not something I could have done on my own I guess I don't have any specific advice, other than general history. If you and your friend are highly aligned then make a go of it. But on the contrary, Steve, Steve, and the other cofounders didn't agree. One backed out, and Apple became what it is now. Woz and the rest are $$$$$$$$$$$ aires. In the end we all die. How do you want to think about your life in 10-20-40 years? Did you build anything? Are you ok with not having a big impact? Depends on you.