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How many shares to set aside shares for future investments

We have a US company with 10,000,000 shares. How many should be issued at the start? Our lawyers (from abroad) are recommending 100,000 shares, but the accelerator we’re in think 7,000,000 is a far more reasonable number.

What are the pros and cons of each?

If we only reserve 30% for future investments, then we may need to issue more shares in the near to distant future. Is there a downside to only issuing 1% of the shares? Would it make future investors feel uncomfortable?

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