I have been working on a startup idea for about year, talking to potential customers, refining the technical roadmap based on market feedback. On advice of a few friends that I need to thinking about funding now, not 6 months down the roads, I aligned the meeting with a couple of investors. Now comes a twist.
A friend of mine was terminated from his job, and I had aspirations to invite him as a cofounder. He contacted me one day before the intro call with investor, and I said, we will think about your situations but right now I am building this pitch deck. He offered to help. (He has been helpful in the past), So I handed over the last two slides to him.
He added another slide with the team intros and added him as cofounder & CEO. Although, if things worked out, He was my number 1 cofounder choice, but I feel this is disrespectful. He just cannot write CEO without asking me first. This shows a lack of respect, and I am not really sure if I want to work with his guy.
Need second opinions.
A friend of mine was terminated from his job, and I had aspirations to invite him as a cofounder. He contacted me one day before the intro call with investor, and I said, we will think about your situations but right now I am building this pitch deck. He offered to help. (He has been helpful in the past), So I handed over the last two slides to him.
He added another slide with the team intros and added him as cofounder & CEO. Although, if things worked out, He was my number 1 cofounder choice, but I feel this is disrespectful. He just cannot write CEO without asking me first. This shows a lack of respect, and I am not really sure if I want to work with his guy.
Need second opinions.