Comment by dustingetz

my hot take is everyone screws this up and the way out is to basically succeed (i.e. reach breakout growth) in your first … year… before the relationship has time to sour - the gravity of success will bind you. Otherwise startup tidal forces are too strong and failure (i.e. lack of success) will rip even strong relationships apart. google facebook msft apple amazon - all succeeded on the first try with the first plan out of the gate