> Every cofounder should get equity based on the question "What is this idea worth without this person?". If you could hire any skilled programmer to replace th

> Every cofounder should get equity based on the question "What is this idea worth without this person?". If you could hire any skilled programmer to replace the technical cofounder, then they shouldn't get a large amount of equity. If they are bringing domain knowledge, specific experience or an uncommon level of expertise, then they should get a lot of equity. And the same applies to non-technical co-founders. Combine this with the "how much would you pay to buy" answer wrt valuing the "idea", prototype/power-point, or other past work, and the equity division is "done".