If you're a developer about to go into business with non-devs, especially young people who haven't started anything before, you need to be aware that the fact that "without you, they have nothing" isn't going to do you any favors. If you don't take a leadership position and continuously maintain that position, they are going to look at you like you work for them. Then get all mad and afraid when you start making demands that you think are personally reasonable to make given your status as the pig and theirs as chickens.

Once that starts happening, you're in for a rough ride. These interpersonal dynamics make startups much harder than you'd think they should be. I don't think that people like Peter Thiel quite appreciate this when they recommend going into business as a good alternative to college. Experience really does count for a lot and if you don't have it, you could easily find yourself in situations like this, where suddenly you have to lawyer up on people you thought were your friends.