How Much Equity to Give Your Cofounder - Michael Seibel

Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on splitting equity between cofounders.   / mwseibel   Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 How much equity to give your cofounders 00:00:23 Equity splits should maximize motivation 00:01:32 Safety mechanism for equity - Vesting and Cliff 00:02:21 More generous with equity not less 00:03:21 Equal equity splits 00:03:57 End Looking for a co-founder? Try YC's new co-founder matching platform: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder...