I have been working for a client on a startup which at the moment is in testing on a development server and it will be released very soon and I really like the site and how everything turned out to work(mostly because it was my call on a lot of features). Even tho it was a regular client work I felt attached to the project and to the startup and I think it could have some potential with maybe some investment and more development hours from my side. The problem is the client has no idea regarding all the development needed for social network application and the constant improvement that I need to do and he doesn't want to invest more money in development that would consist of improving the user experience, improving performance, advance monitoring system and so on. I was thinking to partner with him and take control of the startup as a CTO but I am not sure what to do.
This is the presentation video about the idea http://vimeo.com/60602839 . So what do you guys think? Should I wait and see how it goes and after that make a decision or should I take the wheel and improve and tweak the site to be better and maybe more successful but working for free in exchange of equity and being a CTO.