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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

At the same time, a direct equity investment (one where the dev shop acquires a share in the company immediately) puts the founders in a potentially uneasy position of having to dilute their company before a product is built. Second, the company must eventually own the product development and maintenance functions in-house.