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Cofounder equity and vesting setup for small teams
Cofounder agreement and equity vesting setup for small founding teams
How much it itches 21 of 40
Will people pay 0 of 35
- Job to be done
- When co-founders start building a company without clear equity, vesting, or profit-split terms, the founding team needs to document ownership and exit rights in writing, so they can protect a contributor's stake and keep trust intact.
- Buyer
- Early founding teams and partners
- How often it comes up
- One-off
- How critical
- Medium
- Evidence layers
- 1 of 9
- What to build
- Cofounder agreements and vesting terms are a done-for-you legal document job, not something a recurring software product serves well.
Customer complaints 7
Owners and users describing the problem in their own words: Reddit, low-star reviews, App Store, Ask HN.
Founder doing most of the work on a startup with an inactive 45% cofounder who gives no time and takes no pay.
r/startups 136 upvotes
A co-founder does not complete assigned outreach or finance updates and becomes hostile when raised, hurting the business.
r/startups 118 upvotes
Former early employee who bought equity may have been dropped from the cap table during a later raise and was not notified of an exit to a PE firm; no documents on the deal received.
r/startups 80 upvotes
A technical co-founder built the whole product on a promised 50% equity, then was excluded from an exit with only an NDA and LOI signed.
r/startups 52 upvotes
A 50/50 business partner deal for a gaming venue fell apart over an unrealistic buyout demand.
r/startups 4 upvotes
A co-founder split over unclear equity terms and profit distribution from day one, leading to a breakdown in trust.
r/SaaS 0 upvotes
A co-founder who contributed heavily as an unpaid CTO and advisor was cut off from a pre-revenue startup with no clear equity or compensation terms.
r/startups 0 upvotes
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