Kazuki
@kazuki
Cofounder of Glasp 📚 I share ideas and stories worth spreading!
San Francisco, CA
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Here are some of the most often cited reasons for unequal equity splits:
Founders tend to make the mistake of splitting equity based on early work.
It takes 7 to 10 years to build a company of great value. Small variations in year one do not justify massively different founder equity splits in year 2-10.
If you don’t value your co-founders, neither will anyone else. Investors look at founder equity split as a cue on how the CEO values his/her co-founders. If you only give a co-founder 10% or 1%, others will either think they aren't very good or aren't going to be very impactful in your business.
Startups are about execution, not about ideas.
My advice for splitting equity is probably controversial, but it's what we have done for all of my startups, and what we almost always recommend at YC: equal equity splits among co-founders.
I believe equal or close to equal equity splits among founding teams should become standard. If you aren't willing to give your partner an equal share, then perhaps you are choosing the wrong partner.