Co-founders, team & legal

Co-founder agreements & equity

Split fairly, vest always, write it down.

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As a solo founder, how much equity should I give the first employee or advisor who is helping me before I can pay a salary? An advisor is not a co-founder: think 0.25% to 1% on standard vesting, not 10%. An early employee working for below-market pay might get 0.5% to 2%... Beginner 3 resources → We split equity 60/40 a year ago and it now feels wrong because one of us did far more. Can we still change it? Yes, but only if both of you agree, and the window is closing fast. Before you raise and before real value exists, a re-split is a hard honest conv... Intermediate 3 resources → How do founder salaries and equity interact, and is it fair for the co-founder taking a salary to still hold equal equity? Salary and equity answer two different questions: salary pays for work now, equity pays for risk and value created over years. A co-founder drawing... Intermediate 3 resources →
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