[jtchang]

A lot of my friends will commonly pass me freelance gigs. Sometimes though a friend is close enough I will cut them some slack on my hourly rate though it is usually all or nothing. Either I charge full price or I donate my time.

My advice is to sit down and ask what he wants. Does he want out of the project? More money? Does he feel disrespected?

I'm a developer. I miss deadlines because either I underestimated the time required or something else beyond my control came up. If the code is turning out harder than required then figure out what piece of it is the problem.

The fact that you are losing clients and not gaining momentum is something you have to eat. It sucks but part of it is just getting over this hump.

[richardjortega]

jtchang, thanks. I appreciate your comment and honesty on why deadlines can be missed. It was also on me not defining expectations and he may feel we'll just profit off his work and pay him peanuts. I really want him as an equal founder and would love for him to want it as bad as us.