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This season on Build Mode, we’re diving into what it takes to build a world-class founding team. This week we’re exploring different kinds of co-founder dynamics and what it takes to build a startup with your family. Building with a family member or spouse comes with major benefits like built-in trust and an “always-on” mentality, but it can also create challenges when all the startup risk is coming from one household. 

Build Mode’s Isabelle Johannessen sat down with Hala Jalwan and Alessio Tresanti, spouses and co-founders of Rivio, an AI procurement startup. Jalwan and Tresanti both believe in going all in on their ideas and loved building things together, from community events to cross-country road trips. They found they naturally took simple ideas and blew them up to their most epic potential. So when they got the idea for Rivio, they were confident that they would both be able and willing to commit fully. 

As Rivio has grown, they have two main takeaways: First, co-founders should have clearly defined lanes. Second, it’s a good idea to bring in a third co-founder as a tie-breaker. 

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