[swombat]

The very fact that they have both COO and CEO in startup mode is a huge red flag, btw. That "reply wave" that you describe is also an enormous wtf.

Run.

[throwaway52]

The first flag was when they told me that not to worry, when we brought on a second programmer, he would report to me. Heh.

[phjohnst]

So two programmers and the company would already have 4 levels of hierarchy? No thanks.

Says something about their idea of a 'business'