If that's happening then you're not really a cofounder - you're acting like an employee. If you're a cofounder you do not have a manager... Starting a company

If that's happening then you're not really a cofounder - you're acting like an employee. If you're a cofounder you do not have a manager... Starting a company requires a diverse set of skills, almost none of which are technical. A technical person can excel at those tasks, but they have to have the desire to figure out what needs to be done before asking what needs to be done.