You are clearly misinformed because none of the things you listed are actually different for founders and first employees in an early stage company. Especially

You are clearly misinformed because none of the things you listed are actually different for founders and first employees in an early stage company. Especially pricing…like what? It’s also common to have employee-like vesting for founders these days and investors check for it in dd. Edit: i just remembered that sometimes (rarely) founders are issued “founders preferred” stock which is not actually preferred - just a type of common stock. You can read up on details here - https://mercury.com/blog/podcasts/series-tea/john-bautista https://mercury.com/blog/podcasts/series-tea/john-bautista