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In partnerships, I don't think it's fair to blame incompetence. After all, you're the one evaluating their competence at the beginning, and it's really your fau

In partnerships, I don't think it's fair to blame incompetence. After all, you're the one evaluating their competence at the beginning, and it's really your fault if you choose someone who doesn't have the needed skill. It's not their fault that they signed up for a job they couldn't do, since it's hard to see ahead just precisely what the job description is going to be. Things in startups are just that hectic, and there's a lot of learning-on-the-job and wearing multiple hats. That's why it's so crucial to pick the right co-founders. You just gotta see through the chutzpah and do your due diligence. Once you've made the decision, you don't have much of a choice but to ride or die. > [He] explained he didn't really know electronics and didn't understand what needed to be done. > This was devastating. This was a moment of honesty and vulnerability for him. To me this seems like good communication: stating exactly what your weaknesses are. I question why this was not openly shared before. Either there's some deep rooted insecurities in the co-founder or the culture at the company just didn't allow to be vulnerable. I hope both of you find a way to move on with your lives.

nicolas_t 5y ago
> This was a moment of honesty and vulnerability for him. To me this seems like good communication: stating exactly what your weaknesses are. I question why this was not openly shared before. Either there's some deep rooted insecurities in the co-founder or the culture at the company just didn't allow to be vulnerable. That's more easily explained by the cofounder being a master of bullshitting and realizing that the chips are up. It's not a moment of honesty and vulnerability when you've sold yourself as someone who can do those things and lied by using designs made by someone else. Finding a good cofounder is similar to hiring and not treating the same way is what leads to this kind of issues. It's hard for someone who is new at it to properly vet the competence of someone random especially when it's in a field that person isn't an expert at

nicolas_t 5y ago

> This was a moment of honesty and vulnerability for him. To me this seems like good communication: stating exactly what your weaknesses are. I question why this was not openly shared before. Either there's some deep rooted insecurities in the co-founder or the culture at the company just didn't allow to be vulnerable. That's more easily explained by the cofounder being a master of bullshitting and realizing that the chips are up. It's not a moment of honesty and vulnerability when you've sold yourself as someone who can do those things and lied by using designs made by someone else. Finding a good cofounder is similar to hiring and not treating the same way is what leads to this kind of issues. It's hard for someone who is new at it to properly vet the competence of someone random especially when it's in a field that person isn't an expert at