One of your friends walks up to you and asks you to join his company. Maybe he has an impressive demo. Maybe he found a couple people who said they'd pay big $$

One of your friends walks up to you and asks you to join his company. Maybe he has an impressive demo. Maybe he found a couple people who said they'd pay big $$$ if it was finished. Either way, he believes this could be big...and you've got to admit, maybe he's right. Did that make you jump at the chance to quit your job, move cross country, start drawing on savings, and work 100 hour weeks? How many friends do you have who might make you think of doing that? How many friends do they have whom they'd feel comfortable asking? What happens to them if you say no? What happens if they get to the bottom of their list, and still have to keep searching? Welcome to the cofounder dilemma.