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Ask HN: How to stepdown from the co-founder

• michaelpinto 15y ago
  That's a bit of a broad question to ask: It would depend on what your personal relationship is with the other co-founder -- and that can mean anything from a spouse/childhood best friend to someone you never knew before last week. On the business side it would depend on what your agreement was with your other partner, and what you've put into it. I guess my best bit of meta advice would be to not burn your bridges behind you, and since you're the one abandoning ship that you make it as easy as you can on the other partner.
• mchannon 15y ago
  The best way is the method that involves the least baggage with your new startup. Even if you have no lingering legal headaches at the new one (patent rights, copyright, trade secrets), you personally need to be free of lingering distractions (miss your old co-founder, owe lots of money to former company's creditors, can't raise enough capital to keep yourself afloat all of a sudden) to the point that it's a step up and not just a lateral. Figure out how to do that, then do it as quickly as possible, like ripping off a band-aid.