co-founder

“I think it's just like, sometimes I hear like two co-founders, they say, oh, we just split it fifty-fifty. And the first thing I hear is, oh, they're not tough enough to have the hard conversations about who's actually going to put in more energy. So they just…”

“No, I don't think it's a good idea to split it evenly, to be honest.”

“I don't feel that the equity split should necessarily be like, oh, you look at exactly what each of us is bringing to the table and then we measure it out exactly right. Like number one, you, this is going to be like a long journey and you can't always predict…”

“When I hear a founder go like we split at 50 50, all I think is, okay, so you don't have the balls to have the tough conversation with your co-founder about who actually is going to, you know, what you're actually bringing to the table because very rarely is i…”

“And so I would recommend that to every founder, even the one that maybe will join a few months after. If you look at the beginning of the company, it seems like it makes a difference. Maybe someone is investing a little bit more money, more time is joining a b…”

“I don't think it's a good idea to split evenly, to be honest.”

“My co-founder was actually one of the biggest arbitrage sellers when he was in high school and that's kind of where part of the origins of zinc came from.”

“So we haven't allocated the full employee options and the co-founders together have about 15 between them right now.”

“Anytime I see someone split fifty-fifty, I go, you probably don't have great communication with your co-founder. You avoided the conversation basically is what happened.”

“Just splitting equity equally is rarely the right answer. It's lazy. It just means you didn't have tough conversations.”