I initially started work with another person on a SaaS hosting company. This person moved to my town to work with me for 4 months, before leaving out of the country.<p>When they left out of the country, they hadn't contributed anything to the production version of our site, except a minimal site design, which was completed in the first month.<p>There was minor things checked into Github, but nothing that would represent a 50% share of the company that we had set out to build.<p>My question is when? When do you give up on them? When do you cut your losses, and walk away from something you believed in?
Do you have legal paperwork defining the 50/50 split?<p>More importantly, if he isn't pulling his weight, you need to have a "come to Jesus" meeting, where expectations are set. Make clear that you want to continue with the business, and that if he doesn't perform, you would like to split off and work on your own, and are willing to give him a 10% equity stake to walk away. Barring that, you are going to walk away yourself and start from scratch with a new partner (this time you will maintain control, and use an earn-in structure for future partners).
I think it's better to drop them if they're holding you from getting to your target. The best example is how Mark Zuck, Dropped Savrin when he was not letting mark to get funds from VCS