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How to Divide Founder Equity: 4 Criteria to Discuss

View from Seed

You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division. Capital Investment & Sweat Equity. Prior & Ongoing Involvement.

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Punch & Pie: How Should Co-Founders Divide Equity?

Agile VC

You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division. Both of these are typically reflected in the founder equity split.

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Punch & Pie: How Should Co-Founders Divide Equity?

Agile VC

You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division. Both of these are typically reflected in the founder equity split.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

One independent expert on the VC industry told me recently that there really is no “venture capital” today, only “continuation capital. You had better have proven revenue, explosive growth, and an exit right around the corner if you want anything more that seed capital. Translation? the article here. Share and [.]