We live in a world where entrepreneurs and early-stage company participants get taken advantage of so frequently that we hardly notice. Bad equity deals are the rule, not the exception. Fairness is ...

Starting a company with someone is like entering into a high-stakes relationship that blends money, vision and emotions. Like any relationship, it requires trust, communication and clear boundaries to ...

I always tell entrepreneurs that two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, ...

Q: When it comes to co-founders and early team members, what is the best way to approach equity? A: One of the more complex issues founders face in structuring their startup is deciding how to split ...

One of the most common conversations we have with founders involves how to divide the initial equity among the founding team. It is often the first hard decision new co-founders face together, and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. One of the biggest misconceptions startup founders have is that equity ownership needs to be negotiated with one another in advance of ...

One of the toughest challenges for founders of a young company is deciding how to split the equity among the founders and early hires. This is especially complex when cofounders are inexperienced or ...