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🎖️CorporalHow I Lost My Best Friend Over a Startup That Never Got Funded
J
3 months ago
Two years ago, I convinced my best friend Tunde to leave his job in Abuja and move to Lagos for a startup dream. I had the idea, the drive, and a pitch deck that looked good on paper. What I didn't have was funding.We worked from a coworking space in VI, burning through savings. Salaries were promised, then delayed, then became a joke. Tunde started asking questions I couldn't answer. The tension was thick. One day, in front of everyone, he called me out: 'You sold me a dream you knew was empty.'That was it. We haven't spoken since.Looking back, I was naive. I believed in the vision so much I ignored the numbers. The data suggested we needed at least six months of runway, but I convinced myself otherwise. Ambition can poison even the strongest friendship when money runs dry.Now I mentor young devs and always tell them: never bring a friend into a venture you can't fully fund. The cost isn't just money. It's the brotherhood.
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