Mark Osborne warns non-technical founders against giving a technical co-founder 50% equity upfront. It undermines your control, future fundraising, and incentive structures. Instead, use phased vesting, contractors, or advisory shares while building a clear agreement on shared vision.
Well, that's one of the like most classical mistakes that I usually see. Okay. Many times you find you are a founder, you are a non-technical founder, and you have an idea that you need people that can write code basically. So the first thought most of the times is, okay, I will find a technical co-founder. And something that people usually forget is that when you start creating a company with someone, it's like your wife or your husband. Yeah. You will spend so many times together going through like good things and bad things. So it's always, I will say always or most of the times, it's not the best decision just to go and find a developer and say, okay, since I don't want to pay for these hours, I will give you 50% of my company.
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