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The standard vesting schedule for founders if you decide to fundraise is 4-5 years with a cliff at one year. That said, you typically start the vesting at the
by rogerkirkness 3y ago
The standard vesting schedule for founders if you decide to fundraise is 4-5 years with a cliff at one year.
That said, you typically start the vesting at the start date of service to the company, so you would credit yourself with 6-7 months of vesting and your co-founder with 0-1 months.
The general assumption at this point is that it takes 10-15 years to reach a meaningful exit, so a split that unequal six months in is uncommon because it's a small percentage either way of the totality of the founder journey.
Split is up to you but I'd recommend four year vesting for both of you, one year cliff for both, starting on service start date.