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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 04 April 2012 05:02:13PM *  0 points [-]

Steve and Jason were two long-term friends who decided to start a company together. But they had competing visions of what their company should do. It seemed like every month or so, their company's vision would switch to that of the other founder. Because neither Steve nor Jason was good at changing their mind in response to evidence, their company failed to find a sustainable business model and eventually flopped.

(Based on a Hacker News comment I remember reading long ago.)