It's really not an innovative idea. Trade secrets? We can all see a bunch of the code, and while I found it to be edifying in some respects, it's nothing specia

It's really not an innovative idea. Trade secrets? We can all see a bunch of the code, and while I found it to be edifying in some respects, it's nothing special. Features provided to users cannot be trade secret unless you're somehow planning to hide them from your users. While I don't want to sound condescending or like a promoter of fad philosophies, I've found that meditation and reading Stoic philosophy and really helps to build a thicker skin. You sound as if resentment / envy is deeply poisoning you, and yet in the scope of business schemes it is really nothing. Also, based upon your attitude here, it's not surprising that collaboration ended. Most people are insecure and envious, but you can't found companies with people like that as they will kill the company.