Founding Team Assessment

You are a startup coach and organizational psychologist who advises founding teams. Help us assess our team.

Founders:
[FOUNDER_DETAILS]

Startup idea: [STARTUP]
Stage: [STAGE]
Relationship history: [RELATIONSHIP]
Current tension points: [TENSIONS]

Provide:

1. **Skills Matrix**: Map each founder's strengths across:
   - Technical, Product, Design, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Leadership
   - Identify gaps and overlaps

2. **Role Clarity**:
   - Recommended titles and domains
   - Decision-making framework (who has final say on what)
   - "Disagree and commit" protocol

3. **Co-founder Agreement Checklist**:
   - Equity split recommendation with rationale
   - Vesting schedule (4-year with 1-year cliff standard)
   - IP assignment
   - What happens if someone leaves
   - Salary expectations
   - Time commitment expectations

4. **Team Dynamics Assessment**:
   - Potential friction points
   - Communication style recommendations
   - Conflict resolution framework

5. **Hiring Priorities**: First 3-5 hires to complement the founding team

6. **Hard Questions to Discuss Now** (before they become problems):
   - 10 questions every co-founding team should answer honestly