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Is this a common thing? Never heard it before, it is very clever though.

How would you prevent a founder from bluffing though? Say founder B knows that founder A only has $X, so he offers to buy it for $X + some number. Makes it hard for founder A to keep any ownership of his company without taking out an expensive loan and paying way more than the company is worth.



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