g00gler233

Re:Ask HN: Can I continue without my co-founder? on Sunday May 06, 2018 @09:36AM (#17006364)

> You say he is outgoing. Some people genuinely feel some sense of social obligation because someone asked them that one time and they don't know how to say 'No" and they feel like you will be crushed if they "reject" you. Sometimes letting them know that you are fine without them let's them breathe a sigh of relief and move on.

Very interesting. I saw this in the opposite direction, ala he will be crushed if I reject him

Re:Ask HN: Can I continue without my co-founder? on Sunday May 06, 2018 @09:32AM (#17006351)

It isn't even code, its just copy. And I edited it after

Re:Ask HN: Can I continue without my co-founder? on Sunday May 06, 2018 @09:31AM (#17006343)

Probably a good idea, but if you did a ton of work and wanted to continue and the partner didn't do anything it seems like you would have been in a sticky situation.

I don't think that the business will ever make a lot of money, maybe $20k USD/Month if it is very successful.

Re:Ask HN: Can I continue without my co-founder? on Sunday May 06, 2018 @09:29AM (#17006338)

Nope, no external investment. Lawyer would probably be a good idea even if I just pay one a little for a consultation

Re:Ask HN: Can I continue without my co-founder? on Saturday May 05, 2018 @03:56PM (#17003481)

Nope. He hasn't even reimbursed me for the domain name. He was supposed to get business cards but never did.

Ask HN: Can I continue without my co-founder?

Posted by g00gler233 on Saturday May 05, 2018 @03:22PM
from the ask-hn dept.

A friend and fellow developer came to me with a basic idea and I started building it, taking creative license to improve upon the initial proposal. Fast forward 3 months to now and I have made all but 1 commits to the repo. Of his sole commit, I changed quite a bit of it.I came up with the name, bought the domain, set up web hosting, created all the assets, set up the pricing model, etc. We...

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