Zuckerberg ate his cofounders and had them replaced with lookalikes Steve Jobs stole all the pillows and blankets from Steve Wozniak's house repeatedly after weaseling him out of all his shares You gotta be ruthless if you wanna make it to the top

I had several co founders and we tried to reach a balance so that I could not have majority alone, requiring debate and at least one agreeing with me. That's a way of looking at it. From another angle, depending on the level of involvement, you can also have some dynamic balance of shares, anticipa...

There's no neutrally "fair" answer — depends on who started, who quit their job, who put in cash. But here are the frameworks people actually use: (1) Equal split + vesting. Simplest at idea stage. Standard vest is 4 years with a 1-year cliff (no equity if you leave in year 1; monthly accrual the...

Whoever invested the most, both in time and money, should get the highest cut. If everyone on the team was equally involved, the the cut should be equal as well.