He has primacy in decision-making (we're not equal partners), and we'll go with whatever he decides. If he decides not to monetize and its the wrong decision, t

He has primacy in decision-making (we're not equal partners), and we'll go with whatever he decides. If he decides not to monetize and its the wrong decision, then I suppose we won't be attractive to investors and we'll have to reassess that decision. I posted this hoping to end up with either of the following outcomes: A) a bunch of people echo my experience that investors are a lot less willing to fund a B2C SaaS that will be given away free for quite some time before the ability to monetize even presents itself, so I can show this thread to him in an attempt to be persuasive, as he has no experience in this area and seeks outside opinions in such situations; or B) a bunch of people quell my concerns by telling me that actually, lots of investors will fund a company giving away free software that doesn't plan to monetize right away, and cite recent examples that aren't unicorns. Because I'm good with either, and if I'm in error, then hey, why not give it away free and build a userbase first, considering that will mean we can release sooner. Well, I guess your qualm with being shown the free and only told 2-3 months down the track "here's the pay model to get the bits you need" is one reason not to do that, which I'll think about. Thank you!