I am in a business relationship (3 partners), and one of the partners, who initially started with ideas and excellent input, has all but stopped sharing information. This is a start-up, and while we...

im often this person, i know my value and skillsets, but i also am not too good to throw down and mop the floor before a launch event, do boring time... consuming inventory reconciliation, or lots of tasks that drain my life force. the key is to talk about what tasks best synergies the group dynamic and make compromises about what bring the mission of the business optimized---- the lunch dates can be make or break (specifically a startup) for a company. These kinds of people need to carefully balance ego and pride, and can make other partners feel envy/jealously/resentment. being in an open marriage is complicated, you are essentially in a open work marriage and that takes communication and trust and compromise to keep resentment from building. more