You probably didn’t start your company thinking the equity conversation would be the hardest one. But here you are, staring at a blank cap table, knowing that whatever you decide now will quietly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Triandiflou grappled with the concept of fairness 15 years ago, while he and his partners were deciding how to split the equity for his first business, Atlanta-based Ockham Technologies, a sales ...

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 ...