WordPress is just about entirely a distributed company, with employees all over the world... It doesn't work for everyone, but clearly works for 37s and WP.
On the other front, it sounds like you care more about your control/ego than you do about the success of your product/company. That's a bad sign, I think. Success is elusive enough. Note: I'm not saying you should take the guy on as a co-founder. But your reasons SHOULD be "I don't know him well enough and he's far away" (both surmountable)... Not, "I can't share my PRECIOUS!" :-)
Yeah, I guess it sounds like I have a control problem, but I'd like to think it's a combination of the two; I don't want to share my PRECIOUS with someone who I don't know or trust well enough.
That totally makes sense- don't blame you. There are vesting plans and cliffs for that. i.e. you could say, "you're a provisional owner for 6 months and after than you vest n% per month to a maximum of x%". That way you can date before you marry and there is a provision for punting him any time in the process (or him wanting to quit).
On the other front, it sounds like you care more about your control/ego than you do about the success of your product/company. That's a bad sign, I think. Success is elusive enough. Note: I'm not saying you should take the guy on as a co-founder. But your reasons SHOULD be "I don't know him well enough and he's far away" (both surmountable)... Not, "I can't share my PRECIOUS!" :-)