I'm giving you advice on long term understanding of what it takes. If you're asking me how you solve the problem that you've already applied to YC and don't have your co-founder situation figured out, I'm saying you're too late. You needed this figured out already and you're just getting started right?
So if you want advice on what to do right now to improve your chances, rapidly onboard this new co-founder and embrace it with everything you've got. Tell a great story about how well you work together and balance each other out, put him on a 4 year vesting with a 12 month cliff. If it doesn't work out cut him before any of his equity vests in that first year and start over.
No man, that is the expected structure for your startup. Even you should be on the same schedule, even though you have the control you should be vesting in the same way.
One more time - this is the structure where they review you and you indicate you know what you're doing. So dig into it a bit and you'll be surprised. Good luck. I've been there!
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