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The paths "you create a company and bring in two more people" and "two people create a company and bring you in" are equivalent: In both cases, you end up with three people working at the company. As such, they should have the same outcomes with respect to ownership.

Rather than asking yourself how much ownership of your company you should give your new partners, look at it the other way around: How much ownership should they give you?




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