Ideas are a dime a dozen. Building them is what actually creates success.

In real partnerships, if one of the partners is working as an employee, his time gets paid for at a fair wage. This is because the other partners are earning money elsewhere in that time that you would be earning nothing. Is months of your time is equal to a $x-dollar investment?

Success doesn’t come without hard work and if someone isn’t contributing equally in their own way as much as you are, an imbalance will always happen.

You don’t get something for nothing and there is no get quick rich scheme. Partnerships are about adding value and leverage ultimately. Also, most friendships aren’t setup for business, much like you couldn’t be roommates with just anyone. Partnerships can be harder than marriage or any relationship.

Marketing, Copy writing, building buzz about your app on blogs, and learning how the app store world works to get and stay noticed is something these guys should be experts in.. as much as you are in coding.

I would be weary of such an arrangement based on what you’ve shared so far. You may end up feeling worn out and put in way more than them. $x dollars isn’t much for a computer and you could probably make do with a used mac mini and build it yourself.. If vegas took bets, I would place a sizeable wager on this.

Check out the forums of Business of Software..

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz

Other great startup sites are (not limited to)

www.onstartups.com www.softwarebyrob.com