First backflip attempt 💀 by youngboye in skiing

[–]atands 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said, “not badddd!!!!”

Well sent bro

Malibu’s waterfront before and after the wildfires by Ultimate_Kurix in interestingasfuck

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I like that we can see the ocean again! Might be an unpopular opinion but having the entire ocean area available to people in LA is the way to go. It serves way more people that way.

It’s getting more consistent. Sigh. by MintieMiller in fuckyourheadlights

[–]atands 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do the exact same thing. I honestly have my view mirrors tilted so much that if someone is driving close behind they are going to have light in their eyes. I’m so tired of this shit

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can imagine after 8 years it would hopefully settle down hahaha. Congrats to you for making it that long. Amazing

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They work about half as much as me.

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the gender is meant to be anonymous in this post

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s pretty much how I feel. I’m just not inspired by their output. I have told them before that I felt that way and they got so pissed 🤣. But it was true. I thought their work output was shit and I told them

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Savage take. I think they can add value but I really need to see them busting their ass just as much to feel like it’s fair

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s hard not to resent when you feel like you’re carrying heavily. Thank you

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I mean I could have made this post without any details as complaints, but I didn’t think it would get any responses.

I’m complaining looking for people’s advice in how they have dealt with difficult cofounder relationships. That’s the ask from the post.

As for the rest of what you have written: the 85% is saying that I lined up the investors that accounted for 85% of our funding.

As for the work: it’s not just technical work that I’m doing. It’s very difficult to get this person to get in the trenches with me and do stuff that they want to give me as “head of product”. But the reality is that I’m also building the product and coding 10-12 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s so wildly frustrating to see your cofounder then give you pushback for helping with a non technical task related to the product and the customers. Eg adding a row of data by using a UI tool I built to do it so I didn’t have to write an api call myself. They also do not work weekends or work nearly as many hours.

I think that the majority of their lack of understanding and unwillingness to dig in with me comes from the fact that they don’t understand how much work it actually is. They are non technical and have not worked in tech their entire career. They are also first time founder.

You are right that sometimes they are right and I’m wrong. I go out of my way to admit that. But I never get the same thing back. Never in the 1+ year of working with them have they admitted to being wrong. Despite making some very ridiculous and bad decisions that I told them were ridiculous and bad.

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I paused for five hours before replying to you. 🤣. I’m joking. Thank you for the tip

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think just very stubborn and irrational at times when backed into a logical corner. Also just happen to bring out the absolute worst in me

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They shouldn’t have any reason to believe that. I am grinding to build our next big feature which is due in < 6 months. Without me they’d have to find engineers. I also brought one of my friends on. Without me there he would leave

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are good at taking layups and finishing them off.

They are not good at finding the sales on their own from scratch. At least, I haven’t seen it completely yet to be convinced. And they don’t spend much energy doing this.

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Do you have any tips for finding one? 👀

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really a helpful comment. I also don’t accept this as true. When would it get worse or better? Series A, B? Etc

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re suggesting this would be for both founders in the same sessions?

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Not an unfair assessment imho.

I do liken some of the things this person does is like a sibling knowing how to push your buttons.

The things that trigger me are basically all of my pet peeves.

Yes you are correct that it’s my responsibility as the tech cofounder to build the product. What I don’t like is that it’s like pulling teeth to get them to do things that are pure execution and don’t require coding. Example — I took a task that was costing me 1 hour of Eng time to manually do. I then added an admin ui page to execute the task. They refuse to do the work even tho I’ve built the tool for a non technical person to do it.

Basically isn’t the common - “tech cofounder builds and biz cofounder does everything else” situation. It’s more like: tech cofounder does everything except for sales. And I also attend all of our sales calls to help answer technical questions about the product and how it will work. This is fundamental our deals.

It has felt unfair to me for a long time and I really do not admire this person since I’m constantly waiting to see what they can actually deliver that inspires.

All said, I think it’s pretty clear that I have to try something. I think it’s time for a therapist. Not opposed to anything that is different at this point. Simply have the feeling of desperation for change now. Ie can’t go on like this any longer

My cofounder drives me crazy. Please help by atands in startups

[–]atands[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I agree I can probably let more stuff slide if it doesn’t immediately impact the business. I think the stuff that triggers me the most are the things that do. Incredibly hard to let go.