Founder AgreementsWhat to agree in writing before there is anything to argue about.Business & ManagementGeneral education, not legal advice. Get these documented properly.Agree earlyEquity split, and the reasoningVesting — commonly 4 years, 1-year cliffRoles and decision rightsWhat full-time commitment meansIP assignment to the companyAndWhat happens if someone leavesGood leaver / bad leaver termsHow new founders are addedDeadlock resolutionSalary now and laterEqual splits are common and often wrong. Whatever you choose,vesting protects everyone — including the founder who stays.Founder Agreementslearnposters.com
Founder Agreements — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Founder Agreements poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

General education, not legal advice. Get these documented properly.

Equal splits are common and often wrong. Whatever you choose, vesting protects everyone — including the founder who stays.

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What’s on the Founder Agreements poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. General education, not legal advice. Get these documented properly. Agree early: Equity split, and the reasoning, Vesting — commonly 4 years, 1-year clif…; And: What happens if someone leaves, Good leaver / bad leaver terms, How new founders…. Equal splits are common and often wrong. Whatever you choose, vesting protects everyone — including the founder who stays.
Who is the Founder Agreements poster for?
Founder Agreements belongs to the Business & Management section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning entrepreneurship can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Founder Agreements poster?
Agree vesting on day one. A co-founder who leaves in month four should not keep half the company. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Founder Agreements belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Founder Agreements?
The Business Plan, Cap Tables & Dilution and Legal Structures sit alongside Founder Agreements in the Business & Management section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Business PlanCap Tables & DilutionLegal Structures
Is the Founder Agreements poster free to download and print?
Yes. Founder Agreements downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Business & Management section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Founder Agreements poster print at?
Founder Agreements is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Founder Agreements loses nothing.Printing guide

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