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Founder vesting is usually set up either at the onset to protect multiple founders from breakups, or as a term requested by investors in a priced round of funding.

If you set up a business of any type, you're free to give yourselves a vesting schedule or not. If you take on smart outside capital, it may be a term they require.




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