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Is your ego more important than moving the company forward? Good luck.

dctoedt 4y ago
> Is your ego more important than moving the company forward? I can see why the poster's use of the word "disrespectful" might make you wonder about that, but the full context seems to make it clear that it's not a question of ego. "Presumptuous" might have been a better choice of words for the BIG red flag raised by the "friend's" action.
- brudgers 4y ago
  I feel this is disrespectful. He just cannot write CEO without asking me first. This shows a lack of respect Maybe that’s not ego, but it will do until ego shows up. There’s nothing wrong with ego motivating a course of action. The problem is not recognizing that’s what is motivating the course of action. YMMV.
  - debuggerpk 4y ago
    Thank you for the reminder to keep the ego in check.
- debuggerpk 4y ago
  I do not see myself as a CEO in the long run. But at the same time, I have spent a good part of the year validating this and have put in my savings in it. PS: I am working on this full time. I do not mind sharing as well. The general advice I get is, cofounder is a forward looking role and equity should be forward looking. But that conversation needs to happen first.
iancmceachern 4y ago
I think this is the wrong take. I think this is more about the other person's ego, not OP. There are many ways to move things forward, it's not like this potential person has some key to the kingdom that other potential partners dont.
- brudgers 4y ago
  Running a business means sometimes swallowing your pride. When a company is just a CEO and a CTO, someone in the c-suite has to take the garbage to the dumpster. I don’t have a side, but one of them is working for free on a company they don’t own…because if they did own some of it, the titles would be settled on the corporate documents.
  - debuggerpk 4y ago
    Thank you for the reminder on swallowing on pride.
dmak 4y ago
Ego? Seems like the ego of the other person to make such presumptions and to feel that they can take on a CEO title without first asking?

> Is your ego more important than moving the company forward? I can see why the poster's use of the word "disrespectful" might make you wonder about that, but the full context seems to make it clear that it's not a question of ego. "Presumptuous" might have been a better choice of words for the BIG red flag raised by the "friend's" action.

brudgers 4y ago
I feel this is disrespectful. He just cannot write CEO without asking me first. This shows a lack of respect Maybe that’s not ego, but it will do until ego shows up. There’s nothing wrong with ego motivating a course of action. The problem is not recognizing that’s what is motivating the course of action. YMMV.
- debuggerpk 4y ago
  Thank you for the reminder to keep the ego in check.
debuggerpk 4y ago
I do not see myself as a CEO in the long run. But at the same time, I have spent a good part of the year validating this and have put in my savings in it. PS: I am working on this full time. I do not mind sharing as well. The general advice I get is, cofounder is a forward looking role and equity should be forward looking. But that conversation needs to happen first.

iancmceachern 4y ago

I think this is the wrong take. I think this is more about the other person's ego, not OP. There are many ways to move things forward, it's not like this potential person has some key to the kingdom that other potential partners dont.

brudgers 4y ago
Running a business means sometimes swallowing your pride. When a company is just a CEO and a CTO, someone in the c-suite has to take the garbage to the dumpster. I don’t have a side, but one of them is working for free on a company they don’t own…because if they did own some of it, the titles would be settled on the corporate documents.
- debuggerpk 4y ago
  Thank you for the reminder on swallowing on pride.

dmak 4y ago

Ego? Seems like the ego of the other person to make such presumptions and to feel that they can take on a CEO title without first asking?