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That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Just thinking about the idea of how to differentiate that is becoming a massive headache. But if we split three ways e

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Just thinking about the idea of how to differentiate that is becoming a massive headache. But if we split three ways evenly, we might run into the "you're not doing enough work (compared to how much you own)" problem, which is the biggest one for me. I don't want the two to be resentful at me, and I don't want the other developer to resent that the nontechnical one is getting an equal share. Somehow when it was only me and the nontechnical one this was never a problem and it was an obvious 50-50 split, but not so obvious anymore. The nontechnical founder is really insistent on selling should this site become successful enough. I don't think any of us would oppose that, but I just don't want to run into the above problem. Thanks!

lethain 18y ago
It sounds like the non-technical founder wants to be an investor. Which would be fine if they are investing enough money to buy their stake, but if they aren't, then you need to make sure that they'll have a specific role in the company that they're willing to play, and that both you and the third founder feel is important. Otherwise, you're not cofounders, and you need to figure out a different way for splitting things.
- silencio 18y ago
  That is a really interesting thought that I've never given any consideration to because I've always just assumed we were all cofounders. I will point that out to her when we do talk, but I'm fairly sure there were some roles in the company she was interested in playing. Who knows, maybe she might find that to be more appealing.