Agreed on this. My CTO and co-founder is a friend from highschool (~18 years ago, at this point); we've weathered being teenagers together, and stayed closed through the trials of young adulthood, kids, marriages, and mortgages.
It doesn't make starting a company from scratch easier, but it does mean that (a) there are few "hard conversations" that can compare to the ones we've already had at some point, (b) trust is implicit, and (c) we can communicate very efficiently and effectively.
If founding is like marriage, then marry your best friend.
It doesn't make starting a company from scratch easier, but it does mean that (a) there are few "hard conversations" that can compare to the ones we've already had at some point, (b) trust is implicit, and (c) we can communicate very efficiently and effectively.
If founding is like marriage, then marry your best friend.