[mgkimsal]

Your friend doesn't have the temperament for standing alone with his own ideas and trying to make them work. This is not a criticism, just an observation. You're seeing that yourself right now. Wish him well, stay friends, but if you're motivated in a different direction, follow that direction.

If you get this demotivated about one setback, perhaps you don't quite have the temperament either. You'll need to make sure you've got the stomach for this path before you spend too much more time in that road.

This may not be the time for you to do your startup idea right now, for a whole host of reasons. Don't take it as a sign that something is wrong with you, but that you're simply not ready.

Take a few deep breaths...