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My advice is this: You and your co-founders should each take a couple of days (separately, not together) off, away from the office, in some quiet contemplative
by freejack 13y ago
My advice is this: You and your co-founders should each take a couple of days (separately, not together) off, away from the office, in some quiet contemplative place (most hotels in America fit the bill) where you can each do some thinking about what is important to you. Don't plan to do any work during this period, turn off your email and phone and just think about what's most important to you for the business. If you can come back from the short retreat with a clear destination for the business, you've achieved the initial goal. Then, take a day or two to discuss with your co-founders, with brutal honesty and candour, about the overlap and differences in your respective view of the business. If there's still a lot of overlap, then take whatever time you need to come up with a plan.
The game plan here is simple: get clear, define some goals, build some consensus and come up with a plan.
I get the sense that you've got a lot of pain, confusion and doubt clouding your thinking right now, so taking a few steps away from all the noise of operations should help you find what you need to find.
Good luck with it all.