custom furniture company. and it was clear, their partnership wasn t working. there was a time when i was like, i m fought going to lie partnership intraentertained tha of just, i don t care. burn the thing down, i don t care. they were friends who joined forces to run five string furniture in nashville, tennessee. it seemed to perfect. when they launched together, decisions were easy. it didn t take long to realize that wasn t going last. when you were a partner with someone in a business, you are essentially married to them to some capacity. it was instantaneous challenges. as soon as you are partners, you have that tension. we would have little tiffs, but we would work through them. that was in the beginning. soon, the small things started to feel bigger as more jobs came in. it becomes hard to talk to your partner when you re working 70 hours a week with them. jeff says works became all consuming, putting a massive strain on both of them. we had multi payments, shop