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This "enterprise grade" terminology is suspicious. Did this CTO come up with that as a way to sell his value? Too often in our industry the word "enterprise" i
by mefistofele 12y ago
This "enterprise grade" terminology is suspicious. Did this CTO come up with that as a way to sell his value?
Too often in our industry the word "enterprise" is a smokescreen. Did he bring some real value to the table in terms of what the customer is seeing, or just some basic good development practices sprinkled with magic "enterprise" fairy dust?
Regardless, I have to agree with the other commenters. This guy is not your friend, he is not being straight with you, and he is not looking out for your interests. He could be a massive sociopath asshole, or maybe just an aggressive alpha nerd who doesn't know how to deal with personal problems.
Make sure you're protected. Your equity and your relationship with your cofounder are the two most important things to get covered against this guy, in that order.
- mabhatter 12y agothere's a fundamental problem here if the "CTO" can talk down to an owner like that. Obviously YOU didn't hire the CTO, because he doesn't see YOU as his boss. There's already another conversation with this guy that you weren't part of. for sanity sake, get a lawyer to claw back what you can, and cut anchor at the next funding round. If you're straight forward that you want out then that might even make the new funders feel better. Just be sure to drop hints that this CTO needs to be cut out of ownership....