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Have you had a serious sit down conversation with your board? This is exactly why you have a board of directors.

If you don't have an external board, start making the rounds to see if you can raise a series and buy him out. (if you see the company going anywhere)

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I don't think "buy into our startup so I can get rid of my cofounder" is a great pitch

"We're failing and I hate my cofounder. Now's the perfect time to jump on board!"

In a dark moment in the past it had occurred to me to try and sell my shares to a company in our industry that would like to see us gone. I don't think I could do that though.

We don't have a board. We raised money by taking deposits over a year before delivery. It's just between us to figure it out. I've followed a lot of the advice I've received here and so far it seems to have worked. First positive conversation in a long time today. The first step is to try and survive what's left of this month now.

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