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Have you ever seen a startup up close (as an employee, investor, advisor or friend -- not just in the news) where founders/execs were dating each other? 1 - saw this, seemed fine 2 - saw this, was bad for the company 3 - saw this, too early to tell / other / write below 4 - never seen this
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@dcposch.eth
The famous cases are Theranos, FTX, and WeWork, but that's kind of a biased sample...
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lluis 🎩
@lluis
Slight twist -- it's worked when they're married (1) but not when they're dating (2).
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Mac Budkowski ᵏ
@macbudkowski
My XP was a mix of 1 & 2. Seemed fine when it was good between them but was bad for the company when they had some relationship problems
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Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth
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Corbin Page
@corbin.eth
1 & 2
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Amit Mukherjee
@amitmukherjee
2
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Varun Srinivasan
@v
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
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phil
@phil
1,2,3
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Mesh
@meshachthomas
def 2
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Pavel
@pskalin
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caz.eth
@caz.eth
1) When I’ve seen this it hasn’t been a problem. Depends a lot on the individuals of course.
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Erin Magennis🎩🌻
@erin
3 - husband wife cofounders in FinTech. Eventually wife continued leading the company and husband spun off to create a new startup. They are still together as a couple.
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Jayme Hoffman
@jayme
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Sarah Azouvi
@saz
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welter
@fun
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kanan
@kanan.eth
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wutwut
@wutwut
1 - but almost exclusively in hospitality/food
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Ian Place
@ians-place
2 many times over lol
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