You have revenue. You need a serious partner. And the person across the table is asking for “co-founder equity” to join a business that already works. So how much equity for a co-founder who joins after revenue is the right number? A co-founder who joins after revenue typically receives meaningfully less than a day-one co-founder
You have enough evidence to pivot when you’ve run enough clean tests — roughly 3 to 5 controlled experiments or one full sales and retention cycle — to reach directional confidence that your core growth lever is structurally broken, not merely underperforming. The question of pivot or persevere: how much evidence before pivoting a startup