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Co Founder Agreement

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Choosing Your Co-Founder Agreement Structure: Vesting, IP, and Decision-Making Options Compared

A co-founder agreement is essential for startups, detailing equity vesting, intellectual property assignment, and decision-making structures. Understanding and choosing the right options for these core clauses protects your company and ensures smooth governance.

Ethan Calder·October 30, 2026
Two co-founders sealing a deal with a handshake, symbolizing the importance of founder prenups for protecting startup intellectual property and ensuring smooth exit strategies.
Founders

Founder prenups are critical for co-founder exit strategies.

Many founders unknowingly risk personal ownership of their startup's core intellectual property, even if it was developed for the company, simply by failing to sign one crucial document. This oversight, particularly concerning founder prenups and exit strategies for co-founder relationships, can leave early innovations legally tethered to an individual rather than the venture itself, cr

Ethan Calder·August 14, 2026