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My co-founder breakup killed the company

We met in grad school and built the thing over five years. Then we disagreed about a fundraise. Then a hire. Then everything. Lawyers got involved. The company kept running for six months, but it was already dead. I lost a co-founder, a company, and the closest friend I had, in that order.
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