Backed by over a decade of experience and trusted by thousands of founders and investors worldwide, I help startups build strong cofounder teams with clear agreements, fair equity splits, and expert founder mediation to resolve conflicts.
Building business in a team makes a lot of sense. Teams create more innovation, growth and prosperity than most solo entrepreneurs. But getting the right cofounding team is very hard. 70% of startups fail because of disagreements between founders. Why? Because cofounding isn’t as simple as drawing up an agreement and shaking hands on it.
Get your cofounding team right, and you’ll be in the best possible position to handle any challenge that’s thrown in your direction. Get it wrong, and not even the best business idea will be able to survive. So why not to maximise the chances of your company to succeed?
There are 7 steps required to build cofounding teams that win and last
I have helped 1000+ teams to get the right cofounders, date diligently, split equity fairly and have the right agreements. The world is full of great ideas, it is the execution that matters. And as one very successful investor succinctly put it: “Mediocre team is capable of killing the best of ideas, great teams can make even mediocre ideas fly.” It is all about the right team.
Find out what it takes to build a successful cofounding team
Apply the 7 steps to secure the best team possible
Enjoy peace of mind and focus on growing your business
I am Dr. Jana Nevrlka, founder of Cofounding and the author of Cofounding The Right Way.
It all started when I realised that there must be a better way to build cofounding teams.
Since I had not found much knowledge or support available, I decided to fill the gap myself. With one successful and one failed cofounding experience behind me, I have spent past 10 years learning what’s required to build better business partnerships. Now I use this knowledge to help founders across the world to build successful and lasting businesses.
Combining my legal and business background with the entrepreneurial experience, I write and speak extensively on the subject and work as a cofounding expert for a number of startup accelerators, universities and VC's. I am a certified mediator and systemic team coach and support founders, investors and boards to get the optimal team performance and stability.
I also coordinate the development of dynamic equity split templates based on slicing pie method of Mike Moyers in Europe.
Based on the values of integrity, fairness and awareness "I help founders build teams that win and last."
There are seven steps required to build cofounding teams that win and last. Cofounding The Right Way will take you through these steps, one simple step at a time, from finding the right cofounders all the way through to structuring your team, splitting the equity, making sure everyone stays motivated and documenting it in your cofounding agreement.
Foreword by Mike Moyer, author of The Slicing Pie.
The lack of knowledge and the lack of support are the main challenges when it comes to building and setting cofounding teams.
FOR FOUNDERS
Would you ever consider sky-diving without anyinstructions? Probably not. The same should be true for business partnerships. Start your business right!
FOR INVESTORS
Are you considering investing in a startup? As cofounders disputes is No. 1 reason of startup failure, having the cofounding team due diligence should be your top priority.
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
the 7 steps cofounding framework COVERED IN tailor made WORKSHOPS & LECTURES For Founders TO get and apply thE cofounding know-how.
My clients are typically cofounders, investors, incubators, accelerators and universities. They know how powerful business partnerships are, but also that they require knowledge, attention and effort to make them work. They usually search for my expertise after they experienced difficulties in their previous or existing partnerships. They know that things could go wrong and want to prevent this situation in the future. Some of my clients understand that it’s cheaper to learn from the mistakes of others, and they come already at the start.
