My dad always told me that going into business with someone was like getting married. You are talking about deep levels of commitment required to make a busin

My dad always told me that going into business with someone was like getting married. You are talking about deep levels of commitment required to make a business successful, and when things go badly, they can go horribly wrong. When I look at what he's going through when his business partners decided to force him into retirement, I think there is no question that this is right. So if the co-founder relationship is best thought of as a marriage without the sex, why would a founding team that's actually married be at a disadvantage?