Startups should have a complete team at all times.

In the early stages of the startup, this includes a founder and a co-founder.

One should be selling it while the other should be building it.

It’s important to have a solid relationship between the founder and the co-founder.

Here are the signs you may have a toxic founder-co-founder relationship

One or both are critical of the other. 

This goes beyond constructive criticism into a personal attack.

One or both become defensive in a discussion.

Instead of working through the discussion, one shifts the blame on the other.

One or both resent the other.

This comes out in the form of contempt.

During a discussion, one or both withdraw from the conversation.

This indicates one or the other is trying to stonewall.

Before investing in a startup check the founder co-founder relationship.

These toxic signs indicate the relationship will not last and will most likely spill over to the rest of the team. 

 

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