This, seriously. The reality is that you&#x27;re leaving a company that has &#x2F;no value&#x2F;. It may have a number of pieces to get to value, but you&#x27;re nowhere yet. Sometime, in the future, some set of pieces may come together that will give this company value; but they don&#x27;t exist now.<p>( When I say value, I don&#x27;t just mean profit; if you can&#x27;t merge with another company in the space, or sell your code to another company in the space... No value.)<p>If it&#x27;s just time and sweat to get to value, then don&#x27;t leave! Take a vacation. Come back ready to make it work.<p>If it&#x27;s time and sweat + some set of technology and business process innovations = value, then allow the cofounder who sticks with it to reap their reward, <i>while you reap a different reward for different work</i>.