Ask HN: Should I part ways with my cofounder?

Re:Ask HN: Should I part ways with my cofounder? by FBISurveillance on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:25AM (#20362723)

In my experience you should avoid doing business with your friends and family. Countless times have I seen relationships get destroyed when money are involved. Heck, I've been there myself more than once ("this time it'll be ok" I thought).

If you start asking yourself this question you should probably part ways. If you're going to hold that to yourself, chances are you'll start hating him slowly like boiling a frog.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I part ways with my cofounder? by _pygv on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:46AM (#20362886)

The situation has been slowly been getting worse and worse (it has a boiling frog aspect to it). And I think that's why I put up with it for a long time. But if I compare what I had in mind (startup mode in which we spending the vast majority of our time working) when we started working and the current situation, it's night and day.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I part ways with my cofounder? by highhedgehog on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:50AM (#20362913)

I second this. I had a friend asking me to join his business and I said: "I'm sorry but I don't feel comfortable working (seriously) with friends because I don't want to ruin the relationship and also I don't want to feel bad if I want to leave". Plus you wouldn't feel comfortable asking for raises etc.

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