I have no idea whether these posts are made to serve some whiny sense of narcissism or people making these posts are experts are (barely) failing upward. I can’t fathom why someone would want to ask perfect strangers on what to do because they are feeling “lost and depressed”. This idea is batshit insane to me.

WTF do you think anyone would tell you here OP? This wasn’t a glamorous exit… but what were you expecting exactly?

Your post made me laugh OP. It is so sincere and sweet. Keep it up! You will go far!

This is sincerely a bad idea. Gauging from how reactively (and immaturely) you are thinking about your friend, I would wager that your business may also be a bad idea and that’s why investors don’t throw money at it.

The problem isn’t you lacking some “gift of gab” here; the problem is deeper and has to do with your business or you.

Hey OP I need a UX partner. I have two websites which can use some TLC.

If your slots are open, ping me.

Some people commenting here should clean up their comment history before lying. Couple of dudes posted above have profits coming in to the tune of “40-50k” but a recent comment stating they only have 20k in savings.

This sounds like a steaming pile of shit. These black and white pictures people like to paint in these posts are usually done with ulterior motives. In this case, I think OP and the CTO want to eat up the IP and are creating paper-trail of their “concerns” with the person OP keeps shitting on. OP and the CTO have figured out that it’s going to get big, so time to start concern trolling the third partner into exiting, make a social media post or two for the lawyers to eat on.

Also, the “stream of consciousness” writing tells me exactly how OP thinks. Not a good look.

It’s a lot more “nuts and bolts” than you are thinking. Don’t worry about reading a book to spot opportunities… that’s not how it works.

I will give you a simple formula to train your mind. Look around you and find real life problems worth solving. Think up solutions. The key is the phrase “worth solving”. You have to be honest with yourself if the problem is worth solving for only yourself or a bigger market.

Don’t overthink things. Entrepreneurship is not a science.