Purwar: Founders should never split equity 50/50
Abhilasha Purwar · Electric Companies Pay Them $250k To Track Forest Fires, $1.2m raised at $7m Valuation · Nov 6, 2021 · at 6:04
Abhilasha Purwar, founder and CEO of Blue Sky HQ, discusses co-founder equity splits and decision-making dynamics with Nathan Latka.
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“So it's just basic rules of founders that there has to be one final decision point. So you never split equity, 50, 50. One person takes more majority and the other person takes less.”
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