Guides for the first steps
Clear answers to the questions founders ask at the start: finding a co-founder, equity and vesting, the founder agreement, the idea and the first customers.
- Practical, with numbers and sources
- Written for Europe
- Kept up to date
- Equity and vesting
How to split equity between co-founders fairly
How to split equity between co-founders: what counts, why a quick 50/50 is often wrong, how vesting with a cliff protects the team, and when to decide.
6 min readUpdated Oct 20, 2026 - Co-founder
Questions to ask a potential co-founder before you commit
The questions to ask a potential co-founder about motivation, time, money, roles and equity, the answers that are red flags, and how a trial project settles it.
6 min readUpdated Oct 20, 2026