I can speak from experience as I&#x27;ve been through this. Although my co-founder and I never actually argued&#x2F;quarreled. I even decided to leave before we got funded (€50k) as I was sure there was no substance to our product. Over a year later and I am glad to believe I still made the right decision.<p>I thought about it for around a week (how I would do the break up) - I only really ever broke up with one girlfriend in the past and that was hard, even at 15.<p>We went for a coffee and I&#x27;m pretty sure he knew it was coming. Much respect to him. He knew I was confident in my decision and didn&#x27;t try to persuade me to stay (and muster and broil resentment in the future as humans typically do).<p>He was still adamant about pursing the startup regardless of having no technical skills (I was the developer, and it was only two of us). I helped him get the funding and promised to do a code swap with any new developer that comes in; in return for being washed free of the startup - regardless of funding (which I didn&#x27;t want to touch).<p>No new developer came on board needless to say, and I never asked him what he did with the money. We are still friends and meet from time to time to catch up.<p>We had previously discussed 50&#x2F;50 equity split, but when I walked away I said I wanted to be totally free of it. It wasn&#x27;t about the money, life is long and it&#x27;s not a race to get the most money<i>.<p></i>I was going to say &#x27;to get rich&#x27;, but richness can be found even in chocolate so I don&#x27;t agree with calling people with a lot of money &#x27;rich&#x27;.