the flip side is: why would you destroy this relationship if you're the mba student. You have to realize there is a benefit to keeping the original engineer on

the flip side is: why would you destroy this relationship if you're the mba student. You have to realize there is a benefit to keeping the original engineer on board. There's probably a benefit to having a partner that can prototype any stupid idea you come up with. If this were me, i'd be jamming 50% of this business down the coder's throat.