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You are effectively at square one if this becomes successful. In the end it's all about agreement between you three. In my opinion if this is a person you value
by yousifa 9y ago
You are effectively at square one if this becomes successful. In the end it's all about agreement between you three. In my opinion if this is a person you value enough to join you as a cofounder at this early of a stage, and he will be putting in the same amount of work as you and your other cofounder, I would suggest making him an equal or close to equal partner.
If you don't see him as valuable as your other cofounder, you can always offer a significant equity package as a first employee. I know the difference may just seem like a title at this stage of the company, but it makes a difference in terms of what kind of information and decisions he will partake in and the magnitude of volatility in the emotional startup-wave he will be riding is.