Most founders start with enthusiasm and vision — not structure.
Months later, unclear roles, conflicting priorities, and miscommunication start eroding trust and team performance.
The Cofounder Charter make sure this downward spiral never begins.

This template helps your team:

• Articulate shared values, purpose, and company culture.

• Define roles, milestones, and expectations clearly.

• Capture each cofounder’s commitment, needs, and risk profile.

• Decide how you’ll make decisions and resolve disputes.

• Build a practical roadmap you can revisit and update as the company evolves.

💡 It’s not a legal contract — it’s the living agreement that keeps your founding team aligned, motivated, and self-correcting as you grow.

This template is built for founders who want to future-proof their team — and for accelerators, investors, or advisors who know that cofounding team alignment matters as much as equity.

Use it if you’re:

• Building a new founding team and want to start on solid ground.

• Already working together but haven’t yet documented why and how you work together.

• Helping early-stage founders clarify alignment before drafting formal agreements.

• Seeking a simple, guided process to strengthen communication and trust.

Whether your startup is pre-launch or post-seed, this charter turns “how we work” from guesswork into shared understanding — a framework you can rely on when the pressure hits. Many founderswho did not do it at the start - had to come back to this point later.