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		Ask YC: What's a co-founder?
		1 point by hacker64 on Oct 7, 2007 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments
		If my co-founder has 10% equity, does he count as a cofounder in the YC application form? How about 5%? There are always cases where co-founders contribute differently and the percentage is divided accordingly. How does this play into the YC formula?

pg on Oct 7, 2007 [–]

In practice there is usually a clear distinction between founders and people who are given a little stock for doing something for the company. The former are cofounders.

It would be rare for a cofounder of a non-broken company to have as little as 5%.

hacker64 on Oct 7, 2007 | [–]

> It would be rare for a cofounder of a non-broken company to have as little as 5%.

Good point.

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