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Re:Splitting Equity Among Founders by humbertomn on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @03:31PM (#10665584)
The text could include more info on vesting schedules and some examples. It's surprising how many professionals still never heard of vesting schedules when joining a startup (specially outside the US), and as influential as YC is, I bet a good explanation there would be very helpful. "Vesting or no company at all :)"
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Re:Splitting Equity Among Founders by tptacek on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @03:32PM (#10665594)
Your lawyer is going to set up your vesting schedule for you, so all you really need to know is "four year vesting, one year cliff, vesting monthly after the cliff".
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Re:Splitting Equity Among Founders by mosquito242 on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @03:34PM (#10665604)
Two potentially helpful resources to share that might help explain Vesting Schedules to folks:

https://capyx.com/cap-table-guide#vesting

https://capyx.com/vesting-calculator

Full Disclosure - I am a co-founder of Capyx.

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