Whether you are working on deal, raising money, dealing with a partner, vendor or employee, at some point, the relationship might start to go south. Defeat may be looming, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still salvage victory. What happens when you are crossing a proverbial bridge and see that there might be a crack in the foundation? Do you stop and fix it? Could the bridge come crumbling down? And if that’s the case, do you get off the bridge or ensure you fix it before it gets to that point? There are MANY ways to cross a bridge, and you can even decide that isn’t the bridge you want to use to move forward toward the long-term value you are trying to build. Of all the ways to cross a bridge, burning it is NEVER going to work out well, and it is BAD capitalism! If you believe defeat may be impending, you can seek victory and snatch it from the jaws of defeat. If a bridge is worth saving, make sure you aren’t the one destroying it.
