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Co-founders, team & legal

Co-founder agreements & equity

Split fairly, vest always, write it down.

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Should I use a dynamic equity split like Slicing Pie instead of fixed percentages? Dynamic models like Slicing Pie allocate equity based on actual contributions over time, which is genuinely fairer at the pre-funding grunt stage w... Advanced 3 resources → How do we handle deadlock when two co-founders own 50/50 and cannot agree on a major decision? A pure 50/50 split with no tiebreaker is a design flaw, not fairness. Build a deadlock mechanism into the shareholders agreement before you ever hi... Advanced 3 resources → What transfer restrictions should we put on founder shares so one co-founder cannot sell their stake to a random outsider? Lock founder shares down with a right of first refusal (the company and other founders get first dibs), plus a general transfer restriction requiri... Advanced 3 resources →
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