Ask HN: Dividing up a company amongst startup team.

5 points by agrinshtein 17y ago ↗ HN

A couple of friends of mine and myself have started a company. We would like your thoughts on how to structure the partnership now so we don't have problems later on. Ideas? Thoughts? Advice? Thanks.

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pmjordan 17y ago ↗

Try searching through the archives (either on google using site:news.ycombinator.com or on searchyc.com), the question of structuring equity between founders has been asked and discussed many, many times before. Main advice from people with experience seems to be to use a sensible vesting scheme.

dryicerx 17y ago ↗

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fd0n/35%20Founders%27%20Pie%2...

It's not the 'solve it all equation', but a pretty general guide, something to start with. Having numbers down is a bit more objective than simply talking about the division which can make it seem ambiguous.