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Is it important for Founders to identify problems early on? Survival is the strategy in Startups, so finding solutions as soon as possible is the name of the game.

How much equity we split and the founders' ownership percentage is generally determined by what we expect each founder to contribute. In this section of our Equity Series, we cover how to manage startup equity so it's fair for everyone.

There are many valuation methods available to Founders, and most understand zero of them! In this section of our Equity Series, we discuss how to calculate your pre-revenue valuation, and much more!

In this section of our Equity Series, we'll cover employee vesting options and it allows members to "earn" their stock over some period of time or per specific milestones.

In this section of our Equity Series, we're going to cover two types of Startup Stock Options — Traditional Employee Stock Options and what is known as Phantom Equity Grants which have some of the benefits of equity stock options without having to give away actual equity.

In this section of our Equity Series, we'll explain the most popular approaches toward dividing ownership interest in early-stage startups while weighing the pros and cons of each.

Founder equity splits rarely turn out to be what we hoped they would be after Year 1. In this section of our Equity Series, we discuss how equity splits change over time, and what that means for your startup.

As they say, “Being a Founder is like being a parent, you always stay involved.”

Most startup Founders just split their equity once and live with it — but that's not how it should be. In this section of our Equity Series, we'll discuss how to avoid doing a one-time equity split and provide more context as to how to split Founder equity more fairly.

Dividing equity between each co-founder tends to be one of the biggest mistakes we make. In this section of our Equity Series, we'll explain how to divide Founder equity in a way where we split equity fairly, not just based on future contributions but actual contributions.