"If you and your single co-founder don't agree on something, there's no third party to mediate. You're left in a deadlock with nowhere to turn."
One of my previous bosses made me promise to never start a company with only two founders for exactly this reason. This was after a very painful startup experience that ended with lawyers talking to lawyers, one founder buying out the other, and a fair bit of acrimony. I don't know how common this is, but I think I'll stick to the promise.
I went through the same thing with my last startup. It ended with lawyers on both sides, both of us having to raise money to buy the other one out, etc. It was not pretty. Odd numbers seem to always be better.
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"If you and your single co-founder don't agree on something, there's no third party to mediate. You're left in a deadlock with nowhere to turn."
One of my previous bosses made me promise to never start a company with only two founders for exactly this reason. This was after a very painful startup experience that ended with lawyers talking to lawyers, one founder buying out the other, and a fair bit of acrimony. I don't know how common this is, but I think I'll stick to the promise.
I went through the same thing with my last startup. It ended with lawyers on both sides, both of us having to raise money to buy the other one out, etc. It was not pretty. Odd numbers seem to always be better.