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Founding: What do you do when your vision for the company diverge too much from your partners'?
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Rodrigo Martinez, 8 figure EXIT in 18m, DID NOT raise capital answered:

I may be wrong on this one, but the situation smells of excessive funding and its consequences. Having successfully bootstrapped (no outside investors) two of the world's largest tech startups during the first wave of the Internet, I've been advocating for bootstrapping and/or MVF (Minimum Viable Funding) since coming back to entrepreneurship. More on that here: http://RMentrepreneur.fyi.to/Bootstrap

Culture is driven at/by the helm, which typically translates to founders with majority shares. It's very difficult to be the only one trying to row the boat in a different direction, especially if nobody really cares where the original direction is leading to.

Biggest question now is are you the only one that cares about the status quo? If yes, then it might be a tough one to pull through. Remember, you can always build another successful company. And if you need any advice on starting a fresh, please do feel free to reach out to me here on Clarity.

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