For many business owners, starting a company is like entering a marriage. Partners often dream together, take risks together and build something larger than themselves. But just as marriages sometimes end, so too do business partnerships. The problem is that when business partners break up, the process is often more painful, expensive and destructive than it needs to be. I see a steady stream of these so-called “business divorces”—disputes between owners of closely held businesses, partnerships, LLCs and family-owned enterprises. As advisors and neutrals, we need to help clients approach these breakups in a different way.

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