I’ve had the same best friend for 11 years, more than half of my life, and my favorite thing about our friendship is the unspoken element. With Chelsea, I never have to explain my strengths and weaknesses; And she even encourages my nutritious breakfast of fudge cookies and chocolate cupcakes.
Since many of us won’t have the opportunity to start companies with our best friends, there are numerous strategies to make the relationships we have with our co-founders mimic the unspoken agreements we have with the person who’s inherently become family.
Whether you’re pushing them to expand to another city or brainstorming when they’re creative juices start flowing at 2 a.m., here are eight ways to build a leadership dynamic that will make your team unstoppable.