Co-Founder Questions

I have code of mine, developed before joining the company as a co-founder, that I used for the company product (website) but want to retain the copyright and all IP rights to it and to be able to...

Co-Founder Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Apr 1 '12 at 12:32

Jj.
29 points

There is already an awesome question and answers on IP and spare time related to employees: If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare...

Co-Founder Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Apr 1 '12 at 14:40

Jj.
29 points

In the process of due diligence for an investment or for M&A, I ask: Considering that all other software is property of the company, is it sufficient to have a non-core part of the software,...

Co-Founder Legal Copyright Investors Intellectual Property

asked Apr 1 '12 at 16:36

Jj.
29 points

My co-founder and I have been working on a business idea. We both invested money into getting it to a MVP stage, but it hasn't been launched and does not make any money. (It is basically a modified...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Apr 2 '12 at 01:25

Fernandose
41 points

I have been bootstrapping for 1.5 years, coding part-time while keeping my full time job. I have also invested some 10k into my project. Now, the workload seems to pile up over time, and I know I...

Co-Founder Legal Partnership

asked Apr 5 '12 at 12:33

Victor
593 points

As a start up that has already a development team and a product in beta status we are looking for a co-founder that could bring the start up to the next level. I found some resources about how to...

Co-Founder Business Development

asked Mar 14 '12 at 08:44

Felix Albrecht
11 points

the funders for my projects plan to put up a holding corporation. this holding corporation is intended to fund feasible projects by various project proponents not only those projects by me but...

Co-Founder Incorporation Equity Legal

asked Mar 14 '12 at 13:48

Lovelyvixen
1 point

I have a startup with 2 co-founders (me and my partner). My partner is a programmer, whereas I am a half-programmer, half-designer, half-business guy. I have had exceptional experience with pair...

Getting Started Co-Founder Development

asked Mar 17 '12 at 17:41

Victor
593 points

In a startup company, there are 4 people involved, and all of them work on a sweat equity basis. Here are the people and their role: Person #1: Helped shape the idea with person #2. One of the two...

Co-Founder Equity Shares

asked Mar 20 '12 at 06:44

Dave
1 point

I am starting a new company with a long friend. He had the original idea but we both developed the idea and spent approx equal amount of funds to get it to the state of developing and launching...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Mar 21 '12 at 02:45

New Biz Guy
1 point

I'm trying to figure out what my role is... Backstory: Late last year (October/November) I was asked by an acquaintance If I'd be keen to help develop a SaaS product that he & his brother had...

Co-Founder Development Equity Shares

asked Mar 4 '12 at 16:42

Kyebosh
18 points

Just Started a business with some co-founders. How do I set up a system so that: When a co-founder is unwilling to work/cooperate with the rest of the team He/she is removed Thanks

Getting Started Co-Founder Team

asked Mar 7 '12 at 13:27

Tommy T
11 points

I'm going through a breakup right now with my partner, where he and I started the company as 50/50 owners and then later brought on a third party which was then split 38/38/24 between us. This was...

Co-Founder Legal

asked Mar 11 '12 at 16:53

Devin
36 points

I'm in the process of trying to establish my first startup. At the moment I'm working with a friend of mine on developing the idea, and we had already created a prototype for our product on a...

Getting Started Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Feb 21 '12 at 04:50

Orchestrator
149 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I'm a developer who has been in contact with a nontechnical cofounder to become the technical cofounder in...

Software Co-Founder Partner Equity

asked Feb 22 '12 at 08:38

Fred
6 points

I have already read many of the posts here about this topic and I got very good insights already but I was hoping to get some tailored advice for my situation. I have been working two years in a...

Co-Founder Equity Vesting

asked Mar 1 '12 at 05:24

Throw Away 222
33 points

My guess is as in most cases existing relationships and/or validated relevant past experiences are a great start, but wondering on a ad-hoc basis what the best way to evaluate startup co-founders...

Co-Founder Hiring

asked Mar 2 '12 at 06:33

Blunders .
899 points

Im asking this as im not sure whether it is better to have partners, who are good in more than one discipline (eg sales/marketing and development/programming), share their time across departments...

Co-Founder Partnerships

asked Feb 10 '12 at 21:48

I Scotts
152 points

The CEO of a LLC early startup plans to assign non-dilutable equity to the founders. Each founder will take a small amount of equity, leaving a pool for future employees and investors. IMHO, what...

Co-Founder LLC Equity Dilution

asked Feb 11 '12 at 02:38

Anon User
62 points

The CEO of an early stage LLC plans to keep control of the company in the long term. To achieve this, he plans on keeping at least 51% of the equity. The company has 6 founders in total. While it...

Co-Founder LLC Equity

asked Feb 11 '12 at 04:31

Anon User
62 points