Game Plan

How to Go Into Business With a Friend -- And Stay Friends

<p>Friends and business don't mix: A Harvard Business School study found that pals make the most unstable founding teams. There's no better example than Facebook. Two college buddies start a website, and then, millions of dollars and users later, they hate each other and get entangled in a nasty lawsuit. Facebook ended up thriving, and we got an entertaining movie about the juicy drama, but a friendship was sacrificed. It doesn't have to be end that way. Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo were best friends when they started the online retailer "Of a Kind" in 2010. Six years later, the friendship and company are both intact. Bed Bath and Beyond acquired the shopping site last summer and Claire and Erica still see each other almost every day. How do they do it? It's work. They share the secrets with Rebecca and Sam on this week's show.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

You spend more time at your job than just about anywhere else. Game Plan, a weekly show hosted by Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Greenfield and editor Francesca Levy, takes a close look at the way we live our lives at work. Greenfield and Levy dive into everything from how we started speaking in office jargon to the strategic value of being nice to your colleagues. It turns out that there’s a lot more to say about the office grind than you may have realized.