One of The Next Step guides, this book explains the key concepts required to fairly and equitably divide the initial equity in your startup.
Dividing equity is a step that too often leads to animosity with teams, if not the complete break up of startup teams. This need not happen.
Dividing equity is not nearly as complicated as putting together a business plan, and orders of magnitude simpler than successfully executing a business plan. More often than not, the problems of dividing equity come in the lack of knowledge by the co-founders and early employees on the value of their contribution