Its situations like this that make me wish YCombinator had some kind of resource available to the general startup community to advise on similar situations. I

Its situations like this that make me wish YCombinator had some kind of resource available to the general startup community to advise on similar situations. I started a company about 4 years ago where I was the sole developer and the idea was mine, but the financing and business end were mostly being handled by my old friend/boss. I knew absolutely nothing about how incorporation or IP laws worked. I really wish that there was some kind of "Start Here" guide at the time, a "Startup for Dummies" kind of resource. In my specific situation, the failure of the company wasn't due to disagreement or anything. Rather, the economy in Florida tanked earlier than the rest of the country. This negatively affected the folks I was working with and they needed to relocate elsewhere in the country to support their family. Meanwhile, I was going through a nasty and heart-rending breakup with my longtime girlfriend and ended up ditching everything and moving to San Francisco. In the end everything has worked out, and while I learned a lot from the experience, I still wish that "How to" guide was out there at the time.