Bradley-Chernis Details Lately's Initial 60-20-15-5 Co-Founder Equity Split
Kate Bradley-Chernis · How Lately Plans to Break $1m in ARR, Raising Now at $10m Valuation · Oct 29, 2021 · at 13:23
Kate Bradley-Chernis, founder and CEO of Lately, breaks down the founding cap table equity percentages among her co-founders for Nathan Latka.
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“When we first started, it was I'm eight. No, sorry. Steve, 20. I do math backwards. Jason, 15. Brian, five. And then I'm the rest. So that's the ratios.”
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