First off, excuse me for the vague title of this post, but this is all I could think of for now .I will change it if I find a more suitable one in the future.
Ok, so for the past few years I have been thinking of forming a startup of some sort related to my field of study (computer science, junior) , but I could never find dedicated trustworthy people to join me in my endeavor, plus I was not sufficiently knowledgeable in my field to actually do such a thing. However, now , things have changed a bit. I know far more, and I have met a few people worthy for the project .
I currently have done a few meetings with one of these people on working on my idea ,lets call him K , mostly research so far but we've made some progress as to what exactly we are supposed to work on first. Nonetheless, we decided that we needed more people into our team , cause the problem/idea was to big for only the two of us to tackle , so I brought one more person , J . J and I worked on a university related project in the past and he seemed knowledgeable and hardworking and that's how I took note of him, but here is where my problem starts.
This person, J, hasn't showed up at the last two weekly meetings(his first two) , the first time this happened he said that he was sick so that was understandable, however at the second one he showed up at the last 15 minutes of the meeting without saying anything and today I received a message from K that he doesn't think that J is a good candidate to join our team personality wise from the few minutes he got to know him. To clarify the situation better, K is more of a peoples' person and generally happy, and it's actually fun to work with him, on the other side, J seems to know more than the rest of us which is good, but he doesn't come across as a person that wants to be very friendly or open with anyone, at least with K, and I am afraid it might affect the team's spirit. J is also the kind of person that would debate about what we should next, which is also a good thing, however he sometimes challenges the whole idea of the project , that it is too difficult to achieve.
What should I do, should I keep J on the team and see how the situation progresses or should I let him go . The problem with the second choice is that I won't know what to tell him without him stopping complete communication with me outside the project. What would you guys do in my situation, I am really trying to develop this idea into a potential business and I don't want loose ends or people not taking me seriously.
All suggestions and tips are welcomed.
Ok, so for the past few years I have been thinking of forming a startup of some sort related to my field of study (computer science, junior) , but I could never find dedicated trustworthy people to join me in my endeavor, plus I was not sufficiently knowledgeable in my field to actually do such a thing. However, now , things have changed a bit. I know far more, and I have met a few people worthy for the project .
I currently have done a few meetings with one of these people on working on my idea ,lets call him K , mostly research so far but we've made some progress as to what exactly we are supposed to work on first. Nonetheless, we decided that we needed more people into our team , cause the problem/idea was to big for only the two of us to tackle , so I brought one more person , J . J and I worked on a university related project in the past and he seemed knowledgeable and hardworking and that's how I took note of him, but here is where my problem starts.
This person, J, hasn't showed up at the last two weekly meetings(his first two) , the first time this happened he said that he was sick so that was understandable, however at the second one he showed up at the last 15 minutes of the meeting without saying anything and today I received a message from K that he doesn't think that J is a good candidate to join our team personality wise from the few minutes he got to know him. To clarify the situation better, K is more of a peoples' person and generally happy, and it's actually fun to work with him, on the other side, J seems to know more than the rest of us which is good, but he doesn't come across as a person that wants to be very friendly or open with anyone, at least with K, and I am afraid it might affect the team's spirit. J is also the kind of person that would debate about what we should next, which is also a good thing, however he sometimes challenges the whole idea of the project , that it is too difficult to achieve.
What should I do, should I keep J on the team and see how the situation progresses or should I let him go . The problem with the second choice is that I won't know what to tell him without him stopping complete communication with me outside the project. What would you guys do in my situation, I am really trying to develop this idea into a potential business and I don't want loose ends or people not taking me seriously.
All suggestions and tips are welcomed.
