As we're getting older, it seems that the less quantity of friends we could get, while on the other hand the more quality of friendship we are having.

However it is a dilemma when we decide to start something serious, like business for example, with our friends. I said dilemma because it has great potential risk and benefit.

Benefit of course, because we are friends who are moving at the same rhythm, have the chemistry to interact, and knowing each other plus minus so well that would be needed to maintain the cooperation. In fact the business idea itself should be started from something that we like in common. So it must be fun to do something that we like, get earnings from it, together with our friends.

But what if things are not going well? As we often heard in old proverbs, money doesn't have blood related; meaning even family or siblings could have feud due to money. What would it do to a friendship then? Regardless of the success or failure, it usually brings problem anyway.

I know perhaps it was just me who's being paranoia. Many successful examples of how business partnership could lead to friendship and vice versa successfully. Though there are many others who don't either. It depends to each and every person.

As for me right now...let just say that I am a conservative person with complex thought. I do wish to start up a business with my friend, but I am still more afraid of the risk and consequences. Hopefully soon it would change though, because it’s time for me to move out of the box and start something that might be my longer term goals. Time to leave my comfort zone.