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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

The world is much safer for non-founders. There is nothing wrong with non-founders – by design they are the overwhelming majority of companies. But the worst case scenario in my mind is more than 2 co-founders where everybody sub-optimizes. This is a BIG mistake many early stage companies make.

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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. How to build your core team for early-stage startup?

Cofounder 101