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

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I like to say that “there are only co-founders” — it’s extraordinarily rare for a successful business to have just a sole founder. But not all co-founders are equal in terms of title, ownership, responsibilities, and so forth. Sometimes co-founders put off the equity split question for some time.

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How to pick a co-founder

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. One founder companies can work, against the odds (hello, Mark Zuckerberg).

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. Don’t leave anything out just because you and your co-founders already talked about it.

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Raising Funding From Family and Friends: Division of Equity

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Stage 2: Co-Founder. You do not have the funds to pay this person, so you decided to add them on as a co-founder. In reality, your company is probably worth close to nothing and your new co-founder is taking a huge risk. You bring someone in and quickly see the added value of this person.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

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Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., If youre offering the consultant stock options, youll also want to take into consideration what the exercise price is going to be and how long the options will be outstanding. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Don’t lose this game. share to $1.00/share:

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

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This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. These periods of time can leave a founder very vulnerable in the future. But these people seldom make retirement money from the stock options on these companies.