Firing a co-founder who won't leave: On Deck alum on startup's messiest problem
julianweisser · x · 2026-09-20
Quoting a podcast with Julian Weisser (ex-On Deck founder cohorts, now Solo Founders): founders constantly face co-founders who won't leave. One did two months of real work and demanded a $400,000 payout with no mechanism in the paperwork to force them out — "It's like a robbery," Weisser says of the messy, frequent situation.
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