Partnerships should be about leveraging opportunity in the market, not partners leveraging each other.
With business idea guys, the tech guy could own 100% of the shares until business founder shows up with paying demand and repeatable and scalable demand.
The technical founder invariably builds and creates value in working software. It's tangible.
If the business / "idea" person over values their share it's likely due to knowing the mismatch to begin with.
Technical co-founders are perfectly capable of learning all aspects of business. Plenty of good books and resources out there at present.
>Technical co-founders are perfectly capable of learning all aspects of business.
If you assume the technical co-founder doesn't need to sleep or has a magical source of extra time, sure. But in the real world, failing to bring a product or service to market at the appropriate time can be the difference between failure and success. I certainly agree that a technical co-founder's knowledge is harder to replicate in the abstract (OP's story about a co-founder suggesting an 80:20 split is nuts) but trying to be a jack of all trades can leave you a master of none.
With business idea guys, the tech guy could own 100% of the shares until business founder shows up with paying demand and repeatable and scalable demand.
The technical founder invariably builds and creates value in working software. It's tangible.
If the business / "idea" person over values their share it's likely due to knowing the mismatch to begin with.
Technical co-founders are perfectly capable of learning all aspects of business. Plenty of good books and resources out there at present.