I'm not in a startup anymore. The company is 25+ years old. I can tell you the company exists today because the original founders had an even split. Had they

I'm not in a startup anymore. The company is 25+ years old. I can tell you the company exists today because the original founders had an even split. Had they not, the President (a founder) would have trashed (caused to disintegrate, raided the accounts, etc) the company before many years had gone by. There were many situations where our leader knew: make a selfish move and you will be dealt with. Yeah, he could have fired some of us, but we could have had him removed as President and gotten our jobs back. Some years ago, we ended up ousting him because of a very selfish and unethical deal he made, and some other issues. If you can, make it an even split.