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How to pick a co-founder

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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. Geeks can always be hired. Our Bookstore See our recommendations. Buy it here.

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The Equity Equation

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by Nivi on July 19th, 2007. In practice, you raise money or hire an employee because you need to, not because you want to. Say the equity equation tells you to pay a prospective hire above market. You should still pay the hire a market rate and save the company some equity. If the answer is yes, she is a possible hire.

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