Founder Equity Strategy

A structured plan for how equity is allocated, vested, and managed across founders, employees, and investors. Covers founding split, vesting schedules, option pool sizing, dilution modeling, and advisor grants. Must be reviewed by qualified startup legal counsel.

Syntax

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Founding Equity Split:
- [Co-founder 1]: [%] — rationale
- [Co-founder 2]: [%] — rationale

Vesting Schedule:
- Duration: 4 years
- Cliff: 1 year (25% vests at cliff)
- Monthly: 1/48 after cliff

Option Pool:
- Size: [8–15% typical at seed]
- Refresh policy

Advisor Equity:
- Standard: 0.1%–0.5%
- Vesting: 2-year, no cliff typical

Dilution Modeling:
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A projections

Example

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// Equity strategy prompt
I'm a 2-person founding team:
- Technical co-founder: ~60% of early work
- Business co-founder: ~40% of early work
Expecting: $2M seed at $8M pre-money.

Generate equity strategy including:
- Recommended founding split with justification
- Vesting schedule
- Option pool sizing
- Projected cap table after seed
- Standard advisor terms
Flag all items requiring legal review.