After that, though, the personality differences manifested on a daily basis, eventually ending in a standoff and legal battle that devastated both sides, but somehow preserved the business, at a great personal cost.

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Conflicts between partners, members, or shareholders arise for a variety of reasons: personality differences, payment of dividends, allegations that a co-owner has converted business assets to personal use, marital divorce, shift in the balance of power and control between younger and older partners, employment discrimination claims and disagreements over the future of the business among others.

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There may no such thing as an "entrepreneurial personality, " but I'm convinced that a handful of core attributes can explain the obvious differences between entrepreneurs and the rest.

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