Do you even have ownership of the project at this point? Don't all these others have a claim to it? Are you prepared to buy them out and/or completely start from scratch?

I do not have complete ownership, no. Co-founder has an equal stake as currently, but we have a prearranged agreement where I will be entitled to more equity upon our first financing. I don't really want to throw them out ... they are good at what they do (just not doing enough, in my opinion). I don't think it would be a problem to come to an agreement to redistribute equity.

Because I'd be hugely interested in working with a "cofounder" who broadcast his unhappiness with his previous team to a public forum as a vehicle to replace them. That guy sounds like a real rock star.

He is a rock star - and one of the most dedicated people I know. From what I've seen, he's more committed to this project than anyone else who's worked on it (including me).

However the tone of your post doesn't surprise me - you probably wouldn't understand the difficult position he's in unless you've been there before.

Word. Thanks, Sam.