From BFFs to CEOs – Why You Should Never Build Alone
Why friends can become great co-founders – and how to build a company together without destroying the friendship.
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Description
“Never start a business with friends.”
Victoria Neuhofer thinks that might be some of the worst business advice ever given.
She believes:
Business is like sex. Better together.
Together with her co-founder and best friend Stefanie, Victoria built CoBoss Academy around one idea:
You don’t have to build alone.
The right co-founder can give you more energy, different strengths, better decisions, emotional support and one of the biggest competitive advantages in entrepreneurship:
Someone beside you when things get hard.
But friendship alone is not enough.
In this keynote, Victoria shows how to turn a strong personal relationship into a strong business partnership.
She talks about:
why co-founding can be easier than building alone
how to choose the right person
why different strengths are more valuable than identical personalities
how to split responsibilities before problems start
how to talk about money, ownership and expectations
why conflict is normal – and silence is dangerous
how to make decisions when you disagree
how to protect the friendship while growing the company
why shared responsibility can prevent founders from carrying everything alone
how two people can build something bigger than either could build separately
The keynote combines friendship, business, practical founder lessons and a lot of stories from real life.
Because the goal is not finding someone exactly like you.
It is finding someone who makes you better.
From BFFs to CEOs.
Never build alone.
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