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1) If you are tech co-founder, then he has to be a marketing & sales co-founder. You no need second tech founder in most cases.
2) The roles of each founders in a startup have to be defined before you've started.
3) "He wants to outsource all development to India" - that's a VERY BAD idea.
Good Luck!
Run!
Hey thanks. This sounds like the first reaction that I had. Can you elaborate on experiences that are similar to mine?
In fact I've usually had trouble with founders that were so slick and evasive I didn't notice they were not on the same page until too late. Later I learned they were listening at doors, making comments to team members to divide us, and even in one case following me to a dinner with an old friend (to make sure I wasn't being recruited).
So an obvious non-fit like describe by the OP is maybe an easier situation.
If you are afraid to speak your mind, run. It's going to get worse.
I used to organize parties with one of my best friends and had yelled at one another numerous times... Some times I had to back down, others he had to back down, but we respected each other immensely and still do. If you are afraid to speak your mind, run. It's going to get worse.
It sounds like he wants to get others to do all the work and reap all the benefits because he is the "idea guy".
I would move on.
His answer should have been "sales, marketing, and business dev", which is the other half of the equation once you have developed a working product. It sounds like he wants to get others to do all the work and reap all the benefits because he is the "idea guy". I would move on.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did he come up with the idea or initial funding? Why is he even on your team to begin with?
He came up with the idea. Has no funding. He is a long time high school and college friend and the only person I know that wants to pursue entrepreneurship.
Although this is really hard because people show their truest faces when shit goes south. So you won't know for sure unless this is someone who you've spent and enjoyed spending lots of time with for a while.
After spending time thinking critically about the past year, here are some rough open-ended questions I've come up with that I think would shed light into one's core values.
How do you approach solving a problem (any size, scope)? What locus of control do you believe in? Is there value in rolling up your sleeves?
Is antithetical to him claiming that "he knows how to manage developers." Nine women can't make a baby in 1 month.