purpleclock

just to clarify...I'm pretty sure I'm different from your ex-CEO.

My CTO is not angry at me, but he gets very annoyed if I ask him about the product. We can talk about anything else and he acts normal/friendly. He told me to back off on asking about the product, so I did. However, I'm concerned and I don't know how to broach the topic of this product without setting him off. I want to be considerate to his feelings and needs, but how do I do this and also ensure work gets done in a timely manner? There is no real deadline to our product launch, so that makes things more difficult.

I don't think our roles are uneven either...I did all the research and design work for this project and raised our angel money.

He refuses to give me an estimate...this is worrying me as well.

I have had a conversation. He thinks the product will 100 % be a failure and therefore finishing it is a waste of time, but I think that conclusion is far from certain and am actually very excited to launch it. Unfortunately, I have failed to convince him otherwise.