Ask HN: Whats a good way to "trial" with a cofounder

[zarathustra333]

I would be serving the CTO function

Last time I did a trial I did two weeks of unpaid work shipping an entire feature only to be removed suddenly from the repo :/

interested to hear the best way

[JohnFen]

Personally, I wouldn't be a cofounder with anyone that I didn't already know and trust, so "trialing" one isn't something I'd do.

[CuriouslyC]

Honestly if you don't know a person IRL I wouldn't do unpaid work like that. You're basically unprotected as a cofounder, so there's an incentive for people to be unscrupulous. Maybe make a deal to pay money into an escrow account that goes back to the company if you get signed as an official cofounder.