[dotnet00]

They are involved when they're your wife/husband.

[pton_xd]

They're not involved in the startup unless they are cofounders.

[dotnet00]

Not being involved in terms of being a founder doesn't make them uninvolved.

They're involved in the same way that any of your kids would be involved. Of course your kids wouldn't be co-founders, but that wouldn't make them uninvolved parties to you taking large financial risks and dragging them down with yourself in the case of significant failure.

[jbverschoor]

Of course they are.. going on a date, dinner, spending money, reflecting or arguing, basically anything…..

It will impact you as a founder, and you, in the startup and scaleup phase, ARE the company

[yakshaving_jgt]

That’s not how things work in my experience.

Founders are still human.