If you founded a company, brought in someone close to develop much of the tech, and gave them 40% equity, would you be upset if they asked for equal decision-making despite the 60/40 split? I’m struggling because this product is my idea and my “baby,” and their request feels unfair and greedy. Am I right to be this upset?

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I suggest reframing this. Instead of focusing on your emotions ask the other person why they are asking.

Maybe they have a clearer view because the product is not their baby.

It sounds like you are a series A startup (self funded or using grandma’s money). 99% of these start ups fail. The common reason is that the founder is too in love with their ideas.. and cannot acknowledge a changing market

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It’d be better to collectively decide to focus on getting to the truth and doing the right thing — which would mean your voices would weigh differently depending on the situation.

Debating this arbitrary concept of “decision-making” isn’t just productive — it’s possibly toxic bc you’re already playing politics/claiming ownership with each other at such a small stage.

If I were you, I’d frame it as 50-50, but decide that you (who I assume is the CEO) can be the tiebreaker if you’re at an impasse. If you pull your CEO card often it will demotivate your people and backfire, so you could also tell them you realize it will/should almost never be used.

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Equal decision making on what? Hiring? Which features to build first? How much to spend on cloud infrastructure?

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Framing this as you being upset makes this about you and your ego, not about good business decision-making or management practices. Maybe asking for equal decision making power is a soft way of disagreeing with how you are running things, and that is the bigger issue you need to discuss.

What does "equal" decision making mean, and did you not discuss that upon bringing the other person on board? Are you saying that the other person wants more influence than you initially agreed to? A 60/40 equity split could mean either they do whatever you say all the time because you always out vote them, or it could mean they are essentially a co-founder with significant say in how things are done.

I would not be upset, but I would discuss why this request is happening now, and try to align expectations on how decisions get made and what the equity stakes mean.

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It feels like you’re being intentionally obtuse because you’re in the wrong but still want validation.

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