I hate decisions like that, need a crystal ball in times like this!

I know

but, if he is successful, can you join forces then? You should always leave the door open because you just never know...

I think so. At least I tried to do that at least by being really honest from the start. I guess time will tell.

That's great. I think startups need to understand that folks won't always dive right in. Somehow I dive in anyway...silly me!

I work for a startup tech company...just in case you didn't get that from my bio!

lol. I like startups and small companies. It was just this venture which had a big potential to get messy, dealing with non competes and all

non-competes are never good if you are staying in the same industry. That happened to me at my last job.

the non compete was legally OK to get around, I felt that at a personal level it wasn't. Ironic, since I was laid off.

when does loyalty border stupidity?

those can be agonizing choices.