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Pie chart indicating 65 percent

of startups fail

due to

co-founder conflict

Source: Noam Wasserman, The Founder's Dilemma

How We Work With Founding Teams

We structure and facilitate essential conversations so your team can focus

on the hundreds of other tasks needed to build a startup.

“Confidante has been a critical resource in creating an even more solid foundational relationship between me and my co-founder - improving our communication with each other on difficult topics and conflict, bringing us closer and increasing empathy and understanding toward each other. We would not have gotten there without your unbiased support and 3rd party perspective that gave us tools to talk about it.”

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Meet Annie Garofalo
Founder & CEO of Confidante

Annie Garofalo founded Confidante to pioneer a unique, research-based approach to mitigate co-founder conflicts—a critical risk for startups. Annie had an early glimpse into the significance of co-founder dynamics when she co-founded her first company with a close childhood friend. This pivotal experience fueled her to delve deeper into the research.

 

At Stanford, she fused entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, and relationship therapy through their joint MBA and Sociology MA program. Annie's decade-plus of professional experience weaves together roles as a former founder, investor, C-suite executive, team coach, and growth strategy consultant. She’s now dedicated her career to prevent ruinous co-founder conflict by supporting teams, sharing her findings, and capturing stories of founding teams via her podcast and newsletter.

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