Ask HN: Demotivated Founder With Lost Passion Seeking Advice

Re:Ask HN: Demotivated Founder With Lost Passion Seeking Advice by carlio on Monday October 06, 2008 @05:43PM (#325339)

Bail. You're not happy, and you're putting in more effort than you should / want to. If you carry on it'll make you more and more bitter and that won't help the business. If you have another opportunity, go for it - the novelty will rejuvinate you I'll bet.

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Re:Ask HN: Demotivated Founder With Lost Passion Seeking Advice by zhyder on Monday October 06, 2008 @05:57PM (#325359)

If he's close to launching, he should just launch. If it clicks with even a few people, that'll be the source of motivation.

Though he should probably get rid of the non-committed cofounder (hoping the equity is properly vested): great cofounder > solo founder > bad cofounder.

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Re:Ask HN: Demotivated Founder With Lost Passion Seeking Advice by bootload on Monday October 06, 2008 @06:10PM (#325378)

"... If he's close to launching, he should just launch. If it clicks with even a few people, that'll be the source of motivation. ..."

The founder also mentions there is no money for further development. So great co-founder or not, this is a catch-22 situation.

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Re:Ask HN: Demotivated Founder With Lost Passion Seeking Advice by zhyder on Monday October 06, 2008 @06:22PM (#325396)

I'm assuming more money would be needed only for further development, but the product can launch now (or days from now). If some features are not ready for prime-time, turn them off and launch with what works well.

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