1000 times this. One of the other problems with having 'the idea guy' as a partner is that they don't have as much to lose because they haven't actually put an

1000 times this. One of the other problems with having 'the idea guy' as a partner is that they don't have as much to lose because they haven't actually put and blood and sweat into your startup. This might result in loss of interest before you actually finish or even derailing the current idea because success isn't happening fast enough. I've tried to partner with different friends over the years and its unbelievable to me the amount of people that think running a company is essentially coming up with the ideas and having other people execute them for you. We all shouldn't forget the richest ideas guy: Sean parker.