By Dan DeWolf and Samuel Effron

The most successful start-up ventures are companies where the economic interests of the various stakeholders are sufficiently aligned.  If an enterprise can find the right balance among the competing interests of the founders, investors, management, and directors, it has a far greater chance of succeeding. If the right balance is not reached, there will be too much time spent on in-fighting instead of being laser focused on accelerating the growth of the enterprise.