#Business deals are like marriages. In a marriage, if you pick a partner who is not right for you in the hope that he/she will dramatically change after marriage, it’s doomed to fail. You can take cotton and make fabric, wood and make furniture. You can’t turn steel into rubber, or wood into cotton. #Change in form is possible, but not in core properties. The same holds true in business as well. People don’t change much. Recognize the same patterns of behavior that make them successful or push them towards failure. Don’t expect a co-founder (or an investor) to change core characteristics. …see more