Schleifer: Trunk.io split equity equally among four co-founders
Ellie Schleifer · Trunk.io Helps you Code Like Google, $3.2m Raised, Official Launch Now · Dec 18, 2021 · at 12:47
Trunk.io co-founder Ellie Schleifer discusses the founding team dynamics and cap table structure with Nathan Latka.
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“We are, we're four founder co-founders that put the thing together. That's, yeah, that's how we did it. We're an equal team of a group”
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