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Co-founders, the split, and who was in the boat.

4 accounts, each written or told by the founder it happened to, filed here because that is what they said it was about.

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Assuming Past Alignment = Present Priority

Lesson Past alignment is not present alignment. People change, priorities change, and a relationship that worked at one life stage is not a guarantee at another.

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Astra In their own words 2025 India

We are shutting down Astra.

Despite our best efforts, as co-founders, we found ourselves at different crossroads regarding the pace of growth.

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Stephen Adesina In their own words 2023

My first startup failed because my co-founder went to Medical School

We were still puppy developers. I had been programming for 3 years at that time. The startup idea was his. He wanted us to build a website to help high school students...

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Parsecco In their own words 2013 Watch

From 2 Founders to 6, Then Back Again #failcon2013

Jackson Solway and Miki Johnson learned this first-hand when they started dating, co-founded Parsecco, got engaged and then shutdown the company.

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