Employee Entrepreneur Equity Founder Vesting 
Hunter Walker
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The Five Lessons That Have Guided My Career [Avni Patel Thompson/Milo] – Derived from a talk she gave at a High School Career Day, CEO/entrepreneur Patel Thompson thinks that guidebooks are better than roadmaps when it comes to career advice. Stretching things out to a six-year vest helps to prevent co-founder abandonment.
Scott Edward Walker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Introduction This post was originally part of the “ Ask the Attorney ” series I am writing for VentureBeat (one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs). Question My co-founders and I are working on a cool new site, and we’ll be ready to launch in a few weeks. Below is a longer, more comprehensive version. IP Ownership.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2011
Hire your co-founder. Give them a large sum of equity. Vested over 4 years. Truly treat them like a co-founder. Most senior employees who join are given 2% if they join early. If you do decide to go down the 50/50 route, please at least consider: Make sure you have founder vesting for both of you.
venturehacks.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
The Equity Equation. As this nuclear winter of venture hacks continues, I thought you might enjoy our thoughts on Paul Graham’s The Equity Equation. ” Read the rest of The Equity Equation first; it is great. You have to pay market rates regardless of the equity equation. by Nivi on July 19th, 2007. Summary: 1.
venturehacks.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. Breakups are hard If you’re going to fall out with your co-founder, do it early, recover the equity into the option pool to keep the company going, and recruit someone else great to fill the missing slot. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.
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