Clarity and Intimacy in Co-Founder Conversations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, I dive into the nuances of co-founder relationships with Clarity.so co-founders Richie Bonilla, CEO and Eni Jaupi, CTO.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clarity.so</span> <a href= "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clarity-so/company_financials"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a y-combinator funded startup</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that has built a groundbreaking DAO contribution platform. DAO stands for Decentralized, Autonomous Organization, which you should totally google if you want to know more. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While Clarity isn’t a DAO, you can see how the radical transparency that is at the heart and spirit of the cryptocurrency movement is also at the core of Richie and Eni’s relationship. I mean, it’s also the name of the company!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like a few of the other conscious co-founder interviews I’ve been doing, these two co-founders prototyped their working relationship before jumping into their company together, which helped them build a foundation of trust and respect.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They also talked a lot. Like A LOT before even starting the company. Starting with a few times a week, they gradually transitioned to talking for at least an hour, daily, for a year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What this conversation re-established for me was that it’s important to have agenda-ed conversations, and it’s also very important to have stream-of-consciousness, unagendaed conversations, too. Generally speaking, we’re great at structure, and less good at making space for wondering and wandering. For more on the power of wondering and wandering,</span> <a href= "https://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/the-power-of-wondering-and-wandering"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">make sure to check out my interview with Natalie Nixon.</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://theconversationfactory.com/podcast/proto