As for inequality of investment (time, effort) between you and your partners, this happens, a lot, and there is an important lesson you need to learn from it; w

As for inequality of investment (time, effort) between you and your partners, this happens, a lot, and there is an important lesson you need to learn from it; when it comes to picking co-founders and employees, chose wisely. > Risking big and falling on your face is something that I really don't want to experience, but I seem to be headed in that direction. advice? Learn to fail gracefully. Failure happens to everyone, so the differentiating factor is how well you fail. On HN, you'll hear the term "pivot" a lot. It's just an overly polite way to say "failure and change of direction." This is one of the may forms of failing gracefully. If the people you are working with are unable to fail gracefully, walk away. You'll never get anywhere with them.