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Founder stock is separate from the employee pool.

Get your lawyer to draft up a founder stock purchase agreement as part of your incorporation.

Everyone after that point will be an employee, and their equity will come out of the 10% option pool.

Thanks. Any recommended resources to read/learn more about the 10% option pool ?

It’s generally common practice. You can get away with 5% if you’re only hiring a couple of people.

The Unusual Ventures field guide covers alot of this: