Core vision and core value are two different things. For example, a marriage is anchored by shared values but the vision of who they are in the world and where

Core vision and core value are two different things. For example, a marriage is anchored by shared values but the vision of who they are in the world and where they are going can change many times depending on circumstance. A marriage can survive many job changes and different addresses. If you have someone who is going a whole different place value-wise then the partnership is not going to work. If this is a vision thing, you are probably going to have a productive, if frustrating time of it. There is a successful, multi-decade corporation/partnership team I know made up of a detail-oriented, responsible pessimist and the big-picture, visionary optimist. The trick, I've been told, is that they are willing to force the other to justify their thinking. By the time they make a big decision, they have slugged it out behind closed doors and have a very honest understanding of all possible outcomes. They use "proof of concept" trials prior to a big leap because someone needs to actually prove the concept to the other prior to changing direction. Also, they keep enough cash on hand to survive a failed initiative, because neither wants to bring down the company after the other signs on to the new vision. The founders have driven each other crazy at times but both admit that there is no way either could have been even 25% as successful individually.