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johnrob on Jan 28, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: When to fire your co-founders

If you want a founder, pick someone you already know and trust. The next best thing is to hire someone, and down the road promote them to effective founder status.

gte910h on Jan 28, 2010 [–]

But who's not a friend.

The secondary relationship makes the primary relationship hard when it has issues.

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