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It can be fun starting a company with a friend \u2014 unless disaster ruins both the company and the friendship. But good news: You can avoid disaster.<\/p>\n

You just need to treat the company like a company \u2014 and not<\/i> like an extension of your friendship.<\/p>\n

Here are three ways a company is not like a friendship, and how to balance both.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It can be fun starting a company with a friend \u2014 unless disaster ruins both the company and the friendship. But good news: You can avoid disaster. You just need to treat the company like a company \u2014 and not like an extension of your friendship. Here are three ways a company is not like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-ideas"},"yoast_head":"\nShould You Start a Business With Your Friends? Here's 3 Tips to Avoid Disaster. | Brandiary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It can be fun starting a company with a friend \u2014 unless disaster ruins both the company and the friendship. 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