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If owners were concerned, why wasn't there a prenupt?

Do you have details on what you're talking about?

Because you're coming across with talk radio / TikTok vibes.




Depending on state that will be thrown out.


> Because you're coming across with talk radio / TikTok vibes.

Really? That’s what you’ve got?

I’ve seen examples of this in Silicon Valley going back to the 1990s. A prenup is not reliable and loads of people don’t have one in any case. Unlike not getting married, there is significant social pressure against prenups. If you actually care the path of least resistance is to not get married. It is quite difficult to get a prenup against the possibility that someone will prove to be irresponsible or malicious in the future in a context they’ve never experienced thus far.

It also doesn’t address the case that if you start a company while married, your spouse effectively has full license to destroy it even if they were completely uninvolved up until the point where they decide to destroy it. I’ve seen it happen, lots of collateral damage for both employees and investors. People will do it out of spite. How do you write a prenup about a company that doesn’t exist yet and may never exist?

Anything that can happen legally generally happens in practice. Average people even in tech don’t hire a team of lawyers when they decide to get married.

If you’ve chosen to get your information from talk radio and TikTok as you seem to suggest, well, that’s a choice.


I meant you sound like rants on talk radio and TikTok.

If you cited more examples and laws, and relied less on drawn out appeals to emotion, I'd be more inclined to take what you're saying seriously.




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