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Luckily it didn't get far - co-founding with a fantasist...

I have a similar past failing. Someone that was a super friendly people person that never met a stranger. Would talk a good talk about plans, but would just not execute. Staying focused on one thing was impossible.

How did you realize they were a bad fit?

Because they repeatedly demonstrated a very poor grip on reality: they seemed to think that inventing a bland two-word phrase (a) gave them all rights to all interpretations of that phrase and (b) made my part as prospective tech/CTO easy to conjure that up as spec and reality.

Me still bitter and twisted? Never!

"Well it was MY IDEA so I deserve 80% equity + above market salary and in exchange you can GET RICH by paying to build the product and operating it!"

~The co-founder who in addition to delivering ZERO value of any kind in addition to demanding a large salary, CEO title and Chairman status.

We all run into this guy, I think everyone has a story like this.

Were you eavesdropping on our conversations? B^>

That's rough. It's tough to work with someone who doesn't get it.

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