Not necessarily. His cofounder may simply be oblivious to his level of concern. Until he's sat down and said "I'm not happy with A, B and C and if I can't get s

Not necessarily. His cofounder may simply be oblivious to his level of concern. Until he's sat down and said "I'm not happy with A, B and C and if I can't get satisfactory resolution I'm going to have to stop doing this" (perhaps leave out the ultimatum part at first) then it's premature to either fight or run.