Relationship problems between co-founders are among the biggest reasons companies don’t make it. There is a trend in Silicon Valley for
business partners to look for help before things become too difficult and they are signing up for couples counseling.
Often the couple, the co-founders wait too long to ask for help. They wait until the business has failed.
Business counseling, like couples counseling, works best early on, when the first few attempts to self correct have failed
and before you hit the crisis.
In the story business couseling “…resulted in both of us being more aware as people, and balanced,” one partner says.
One person worked on listening more and the second person learned to speak up if something was bothering him.
The results: their business and their friendship are both back on track.
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