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[dshah]

I agree with the transparency part, but I don't think the the "equal shares" concept is necessarily sound. It assumes that all founders are contributing equally which is not always the case.

What you are looking to do is make things equitable -- not equal.

[staunch → dshah]

Equal is optimal though. It's a matter of debate how much each is contributing but there's no debating whether 50% is half or not.