Re:Should I quit now before I get burned?
by railsdev1234 on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @09:46PM
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Thank you for the honest reply. I completely agree that my cofounder and I have mismatched personalities. I just wish I had recognized that fact sooner.
Re:Should I quit now before I get burned?
by smt88 on Thursday November 20, 2014 @04:22AM
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I know how you feel. A failed company is rarely the same as wasted time, though. You learned a lot about what you need in a partnership.
And definitely don't beat yourself up for misjudging someone.
If you trusted no one, you'd have a miserable, unproductive life. If you trusted everyone, you'd waste all your time and money going nowhere.
It's really hard to strike a balance where you trust the right people. No one gets it right 100% of the time.
Ask yourself this: do you really think successful companies start out this way?
Your co-founder can't execute. It doesn't sound like he knows anything about starting up.
If he were destined to be a successful CEO, he would be pushing you to release an imperfect product, not the other way around. His hair should be on fire, and it's clearly not.
Cut your losses and work on any of the countless other useful things there are for you to build. Ideas are a dime a dozen.
Edit: After reading the other responses that encourage you to try to make it work, I strongly (and respectfully) disagree with them. His personality is wrong for startups, but it's also a mismatch for yours. Be discriminatory with your time and stop giving it to someone who is squandering it.