It's a Founder Feedback session with Matt Baxter from Wedge. Matt started his entrepreneurial journey as a high school student mowing lawns and now runs Wedge, a software company that helps employers make great hires, faster. 

You can submit questions for future episodes to [email protected]

FounderCo helps entrepreneurs become more impactful by creating more better ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more at FounderCo.org

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's a Founder Resource session with Jonny Price from Wefunder. Jonny is the Director of Fundraising at Wefunder which is like Kickstarter for investing.  FounderCo and Wefunder have a new partnership to help founders raise capital for their businesses! You can learn more at founderco.org/funding. 

FounderCo helps entrepreneurs become more impactful by creating more better ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more at FounderCo.org

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

It's a Founder Feedback session with Elsa Vos from Pieces of Me. Elsa started her entrepreneurial journey as a student entrepreneur at Bowling Green State University and is now located in Grand Rapids, MI where Pieces of Me is headquartered. 

To learn more about Pieces of Me, check out piecesofmeco.com or on Instagram at @piecesofmeco_

You can submit questions for future episodes to [email protected]

FounderCo helps entrepreneurs become more impactful by creating more better ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more at FounderCo.org

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

It's a Founder Resource session with Brooke Corbin from the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce (GR Chamber). Brooke has worked with a lot of entrepreneurs with her time at Lakeshore Advantage and now at the GR Chamber! You can learn more about Brooke and the GR Chamber by visiting their website: grandrapids.org

FounderCo helps entrepreneurs become more impactful by creating more better ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more at FounderCo.org

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

It's a Founder Opportunity session with Deb Kalsbeek from FemPro Business Society. Deb grew up around entrepreneurship and has a huge heart for helping other entrepreneurs. You can learn more about Deb and FemPro Business Society by visiting their website: http://be-thechange.net

#GRBossBabes Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/341357009713108/

#GHBossBabes Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2451254698268781/

FounderCo helps entrepreneurs become more impactful by creating more better ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more at FounderCo.org

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

In this FounderCo podcast, we do a deep dive into how Equity, or ownership, of a startup company can be split up. We talk about how startup equity has been split up within startups that currently exist and give you a process you can follow to have that difficult and awkward conversation with co-founders about equity. 

Links to Resources

Harvard Business School, The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-085_2bd67a49-bd41-4396-a69d-73a7f40829b8.pdf

How to Split Co-Founder Equity Fairly: https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-split-co-founder-equity-fairly-5dbb416df63e

Y Combinator, How to Split Equity Amoung Co-Founders: https://blog.ycombinator.com/splitting-equity-among-founders/ 

Awkward Co-Founder Discussions: https://www.techstars.com/content/accelerators/awkward-co-founder-discussions/

To learn more about FounderCo, check us out us at FounderCo.org. You can join for free as a community member by going to FounderCo.org/join. 

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

It's a Founder Feedback session with Russell Fyfe from Next Door Photos and RingCam. Russell started his entrepreneurial journey at Hope College and is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Next Door Photos where they empower realtors, business owners and home builders, to assist them in they do best: running business and buying/selling houses.

You can submit questions for future episodes to [email protected]

FounderCo helps entrepreneurs become more impactful by creating more better ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more at FounderCo.org 

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Funkorama" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

We're launching the FounderCo podcast on September 18th! 

You can start sending in your questions for Founder Feedback sessions by emailing us at [email protected]. 

At FounderCo, we help make entrepreneurs more impactful by improving entrepreneurial ecosystems through education, mentorship, and community. You can learn more by visiting https://founderco.org