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tommartin12

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    Comment #2357492

    we have a company and I own 70% of the shares, he owns 30%. So that is a contract if you will.

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    Comment #2357489

    not really possible, he doesn't have the money.

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    Comment #2357363

    I had my reservations before we started about the remote arrangement, but started anyway. The thing is that he is good at his chosen field of technical expertise(with years of expe…

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    Comment #2357350

    At this early stage of a startup before we have scaled, the leaving of a co-founder is likely a bad signal that would scare away any investors.

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    Comment #2357339

    I suspect that this might be part of the problem, he has mentioned that he would like to re-negotiate the equity split. However, I feel like giving him a larger proportion of the c…

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    Comment #2357326

    i put in 70% of the capital, he put in 30%.

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    Comment #2355977

    no contract, we talked about shareholder agreements but nothing put in writing. I have asked him to move temporarily, after months of "nagging him", he has agreed to come for a mon…

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    Comment #2355963

    1. Yes, but it is a chicken and the egg, he is not willing to move unless we can raise funding, but... Most investors will not invest unless we have the whole team together. 2. Yes…

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    Ask HN: I think I want to breakup with my co-founder, help me

    I am running a startup with my technical co-founder, we have a personal friendship that led us to starting the company together. I convinced him to quit his day job working at a la…