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Use yumari rather than alibaba. The patent is still unlikely to protect you - though Mexico is friendlier than china on these issues. But mexican manufacturers themselves are way less likely to steal IP than the Chinese.

Use yumari rather than alibaba. They help with product development, supplier matchmaking etc

I mean… I dont know what kind of traction youre getting or what your situation is… But if you really dont want to operate the project anymore, you should consider

A) selling -> Ive sold sites for as little as 5k usd - if the project is interesting, you can find a buyer

B) “hiring” an operator -> give someone 50% of “equity” or whatever you are using to measure ownership and they run and operate the project and you check in once a month.

IMO if you’re not excited about a thing, you’re probably not going to put in the insane amounts of time and energy it typically takes to scale a thing into the next level thing… Might as well work on something that excites you.

CTO / founder here. For an early stage 3 person startup you should expect to do every technical task the company requires.

You should expect that nobody knows their knees from their elbows about what needs to get built.

You should expect to build and rebuild and rebuild again.

Pros:

You will learn a LOT. Your hands will be everywhere and mixed up in everything. Great experience for future jobs.

Cons:

It will likely consume all of your time, and you probably wont make much money.

As a technical person, early stage startups can be quite frustrating as what you and your cofounders think the product should be, probably isnt. So youll have to rebuild over and over again.

If you choose to proceed, please make sure you get a good chunk of equity, or a good salary ($ is unlikely). You will have one of the largest workloads on the team, so it is important to make sure you feel it is worth your while (and to justify the opportunity cost).