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Without knowing anything about the relationship between you and your previous co-founder, the fact that you don't hesitate to bad-mouth him and his contribution
by HerraBRE 16y ago
Without knowing anything about the relationship between you and your previous co-founder, the fact that you don't hesitate to bad-mouth him and his contributions in public like this is a huge, gigantic red flag.
Re-read your post with the words 'technical' and 'business' swapped. Do you want to work with that person?
- linkekeke 16y agoI do not understand how you find this "bad mouthing", since my ex co-founder did not put in any work. I am just stating the truth of his work ethic and contribution. Also I left my co-founder anonymous, so that his image would not be tarnished.
- HerraBRE 16y agoRemember, we don't know anything about your ex co-founder. So it's not about whether you are right or wrong, it's just that anything to do with him is completely irrelevant - bringing him up can only hurt your pitch. The fact that you complain about him (and the power imbalance between tech/business founders) instead of explaining why you and your project are awesome is really off-putting. You're looking for a co-founder: you should be selling yourself and selling your project!
- ffumarola 16y agoThis x 1,000,000 I'm a business guy (with some front end tech skills) and I found the rant about power imbalance whiny, at best.
- linkekeke 16y agoI'm 100% sure you wouldn't have done anything to be helpful anyways. If I wanted to talk to a troll, I would've went under a bridge.
- ffumarola 16y agoYou have a pretty piss poor attitude. I'm not trolling, just calling it as I see it. I would work on that problem first before trying to get a cofounder.
- linkekeke 16y agoMy apologies, next time I want to vent I should not include it into my pitch, which to say the least is quite a horrible pitch at this time. Thank you.
- HerraBRE 16y agoGood luck! :-)