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Meet Annie Garofalo, Startup Team Relationship Expert
Annie Garofalo, founder of Confidante, has been on a decade-long journey studying the art of founding team dynamics. Annie had an early glimpse into the significance of co-founder dynamics when she co-founded her first company with a close childhood friend. This pivotal experience fueled her to delve deeper into the research.
At Stanford, she fused entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and relationship therapy through their joint MBA and Sociology MA program. Annie's professional experience weaves together roles as a former founder, investor, C-suite executive, team coach, and growth strategy consultant. She’s now taking the leap to share her findings and the stories of founding teams more broadly so all entrepreneurs can prevent ruinous co-founder conflict on her podcast and via Substack.
What do you want to know about co-founder relationships? Leave a comment or ask via any of my social accounts and I’ll reply with my expertise from working with 100+ teams backed by YC, TechStars, Harvard, Stanford, etc.
What is Confidante?
Confidante is a research institute actively studying and supporting founding team relationships. With 65% of startups failing due to co-founder issues, we've crafted preventative programs to change the outcome. Teaming up with leading investors and accelerators, we pioneer research and proactive solutions, strengthening the bedrock of startups—the co-founder relationship.
To learn more about the Confidante and how we work with founders and investors to pioneer research on founding team dynamics, visit Confidante.info.
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We welcome you to participate in the comments section on Substack, leave reviews or Q&A on Spotify, submit a suggestions for guests and topics at confidante.info/podcast or schedule time for a chat with me, Annie Garofalo, at tinyurl.com/chat-with-annie.
