I have a very good friend that&#x27;s been working on his tech start up for three years.  Yes, three years.  He has no technical background and neither does his cofounder.  They don&#x27;t get along at all and seem to think because they have an idea and a patent it means someone will fund them.  To date, $150K has been wasted on busywork and there is no MVP anywhere in sight.  They allegedly have a VC interested...that has been &quot;interested&quot; for the past year.  Yeah, every red flag that you can imagine and more.<p>Does anyone have any good case studies, articles, etc. that are from really big names that I can direct them to in hopes of getting them on the right track?  His partner doesn&#x27;t want to listen to me for a number of reasons.  Neither of them has every successfully run a start up either.  Any ideas?
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