More on the New Class of Stocks Protecting Founders

The move by Founder's Institute to create and publicly share a new class of stock that aims at protecting the founders of a company have attracted quite a bit of buzz in the entrepreneur and investor community. In this analysis by VentureBeat, the points out that these kinds of stocks have already been issued in other situations. However, reading the comments to this blog, it is evident that there is a friction between VCs and Founders, that will not lead to healthy relations in the long run. The question is whether this kind of stock will exacerbate the friction or heal it. Hard to see how it could be healing.