Co-founders, team & legal
Finding a co-founder
Pick a partner as carefully as a spouse.
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How should my co-founder and I split equity, and is 50/50 a mistake?
Split on the future, not on who showed up first. Equal-ish splits are fine when both partners are full-time and equally committed, but a hard 50/50...
What does co-founder vesting actually mean, and why do I need it even if we trust each other?
Vesting means neither of you owns your shares outright on day one. You earn them over time, standard is 4 years with a 1-year cliff, so a co-founde...
What should go in a co-founder agreement, and when do we actually sign it?
Sign a founders' agreement before you write meaningful code together or take a rupee of anyone else's money, not after the first fight. It should c...
How do we divide roles and decision-making so we don't step on each other?
Split the company into clear domains and give each person a final say in theirs. One founder owns product and engineering, the other owns growth, s...
My co-founder and I are drifting on commitment. One of us is all-in, the other has a job. What do we do?
Unequal commitment is the most common way early teams quietly break. Name it out loud instead of resenting it. Either the part-time founder sets a ...
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 ...
Should I give a co-founder equity or a salary if they join after I've already started?
A true co-founder gets meaningful equity, a cliff, and vesting, and takes real risk with you. Someone who joins for a salary and a small grant is a...
How do we handle conflict as co-founders before it becomes a breakup?
Build the disagreement muscle early, when the stakes are low, so it works when they're high. Schedule a regular, private founder-only check-in wher...
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