"I'm not discrediting a non technical person, but the value comes from the software" Well, to be honest, you ARE discrediting the co founder based on everythin

"I'm not discrediting a non technical person, but the value comes from the software" Well, to be honest, you ARE discrediting the co founder based on everything you wrote. You clearly don't have faith and trust in this person that you are co founding with. I suggest you think very hard before jumping into this with this person because you will end up resenting them a lot as you already are. Perhaps you need to think about what this person can truly bring to the table and when its just 2 of you, there is no real CEO work. It is mostly sell, build, sell, sell, market, build, sell (something like that) So, ask yourself: can this person help sell and get customers while you "pound the pavement" in your own words. "but the value comes from the software" This is the red flag for me. It seems like you think software does all the magic. It doesn't. Trust me. Software is the means to an end. yes the product needs to be good but in the early days, you need to be able to figure out how to validate the market and find customers who may use something that you are building. Source: A technical founder in 8th year of business and technical stuff is 40%. All the best. I said everything to help (hopefully).