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We are 4 Founders- 2 Business Guys (45% split equally) & 2 Tech Guys(35% split equally).The rest we have kept aside for fundraising. I have read splitting equally is not a good arrangement. Since I'm acting as CEO, should I be aware of potential problems that may arise out of this in near future? Should I keep my stake a little more than others?

Have you seen The Social Network? :)

I've seen maybe a dozen companies with many partners utterly melt-down. One of which I was a part of.

This is something you'll largely need to answer for yourself. Everybody thinks their situation is different, but where partners are concerned, greed always seems to rear its ugly head somewhere, in some way you never expected.

My advice is to have a strong operating agreement, that nails down what to do if somebody goes and blows all the company's money at the club or other (soundingly insane, but) real things that happen. Also, the more obvious stuff that's usually covered by your attorney and a boilerplate doc - tie-breaking votes, voting when someone's unavailable, etc.


Answered 7 years ago

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