View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2014
Editor’s note: Understanding how to divide founder equity at a startup can be tricky, even to the point of reaching emotional riffs between founders. Below, Lee Hower offers advice for approaching these equity discussions objectively and properly. Sometimes co-founders put off the equity split question for some time.
Agile VC
DECEMBER 4, 2014
As a result, one of the trickier things co-founders tackle is determining the equity split amongst the founding group of individuals. Across both the startups I’ve personally been involved in (PayPal and LinkedIn) and the startups in which I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen a broad range of co-founder equity splits.
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Agile VC
DECEMBER 4, 2014
As a result, one of the trickier things co-founders tackle is determining the equity split amongst the founding group of individuals. Across both the startups I’ve personally been involved in (PayPal and LinkedIn) and the startups in which I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen a broad range of co-founder equity splits.
Gust
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
It’s sort of a case of “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t” That said, it’s infinitely better to have a structure which at least provides a framework for taking action, otherwise you may well lose your money, your friends and your company. My suggestion? original post can be found on Quora @ : [link] *.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).
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