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The Introvert Economy, the Case for Longer Founder Vesting Cycles, What Happens When Your Product Goes Viral on TikTok, and More [link blog]

Hunter Walker

Here the focus is on Pink Stuff, a British cleaning paste, which was #CleanTok mainstreamed to a quadrupling of revenue ($125m annually) and distribution to 55 countries. As Jared notes, To hedge against this predictable outcome, more founders should adopt longer vesting cycles for themselves and the earliest (big equity) employees.

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4 Deadly Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

Vesting restrictions are addressed in a restricted stock purchase agreement, which each founder would be required to execute and which would grant the company the right to repurchase any unvested shares (at the initial purchase price) at the time of the founder’s departure. IP Ownership.

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