Andy Walsh2x Exited Founder, Startup Strategist & Podcast Host

The Spending Rule That Stops Cofounder Fights

17 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Andy Walsh explains how co-founders can avoid fights over money by setting up tiered spending rules. Under $10K, $10-$50K, over $100K: each level has different approval requirements. Budget allocations and clear accountability prevent disputes before they start.

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Back to decision-making. In my agreement at the start, we had some filters around spend and I had 2 co-founders and some of the decision-making you can have is like anything under $10,000, up to $50,000, over $100,000. How do you start to get some formality around decision-making? Because you allocate a budget and that empowers you to spend money, but you also want accountability across co-founders and board in rationalizing decisions. Are there formal things you can put in place? to think about how you make those decisions, because I've seen fights happen like brutally and separate co-founders over how they spend cash.