Co-founders, team & legal
Finding a co-founder
Pick a partner as carefully as a spouse.
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How do I fire or exit a co-founder without destroying the company?
Act sooner than feels comfortable, because a bad co-founder split gets more expensive every month. If vesting exists, the mechanics are clean: the ...
How do investors judge a founding team, and does a solo founder get penalized?
Investors bet on teams because startups are too hard for one person to carry, and a solo founder does face a slightly higher bar, especially at see...
How do I bring on a co-founder who's still at a job or in college without getting burned?
Do the paperwork before they touch the codebase. Someone employed elsewhere may have an employment contract that claims IP they build on the side, ...