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Understanding Your Co-Founder's Life Priorities: The Wheel of Life
One of my favorite exercises for founding teams, the "wheel of life" helps create alignment and understanding not only in the team’s professional sphere…
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Annie Garofalo
Do You Know Your Co-Founder's Values? Build a Principles-First Founding Team with this Conversation Guide
Two-part conversation guide to having a critical conversation about values and how you expect to operationalize them within your founding team and…
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Annie Garofalo
🚩 6 Biggest Mistakes Choosing a Co-Founder + 📝 Quiz: Which Mistake Might You Make?
Choosing the wrong co-founder can and will derail your startup! Don't let it! Learn which pitfalls you're likely to fall into and tactical ways to…
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Annie Garofalo
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Ines Gramegna
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The 9 Hot Button Conversations All Co-Founders Need to Have | Partnership Agreement
Create a partnership agreement with your co-founder(s) to prevent the conflicts that kill 65% of startups. To start, take the How Well Do I Know My…
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Annie Garofalo
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Co-Founder Dating: Try Before You Buy - The Importance of Trial Projects
Find the right partner by employing this trial period arrangement. With 65% of startups failing due to co-founder conflict, choosing the right…
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Annie Garofalo
The 7 Floors of a Healthy Team Relationship | The Sound Relationship House Framework for Co-Founders
Understand what constitutes a healthy founding team by applying foundational couples therapy principles from the Gottman Institute's Sound Relationship…
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Annie Garofalo
Startup founders! Let's talk about how to build healthy founding teams...
65% of startups fail due to (preventable!) co-founder conflict. Learn how to build a founding team for the long-term. Subscribe for tips delivered to…
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Annie Garofalo
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