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Notes on building with a partner

Practical guides on co-founder equity, vesting, cap tables, and finding the right person to build with.

What a cap table is, how to read one, and the early mistakes that quietly cost first-time founders control of what they are building.

A practical framework for dividing startup equity between co-founders, why an even split is not automatic, and how vesting protects everyone.

How founder vesting works, what a one year cliff is, and why every co-founder's equity belongs on a four year schedule.