Should targeted advertising be banned?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should targeted advertising be banned?". Your opponent's style: Seth Godin

I am a co founder with 50% who is trying to keep it from a ceo who has 50% but wants more but is trying to talk me into dropping my percentage for an energy drink company.

Hold on - you're thinking about this all wrong. You're not protecting your stake, you're strangling your company's potential. Look, I've watched thousands of startups, and here's the brutal truth: a 50-50 split is corporate death. You're both sitting there with veto power, creating paralysis when you need speed. Every major decision becomes a negotiation instead of execution. Your CEO partner isn't grabbing for power - they're trying to save the company from mediocrity. Energy drinks live or die on momentum. Red Bull didn't become Red Bull through committee decisions and tie-breaking votes. While you're protecting your precious percentage, your competitors are moving fast and breaking things. Here's what you're missing: would you rather own 50% of a company going nowhere, or 30% of something that could actually scale? The CEO role exists for a reason - someone needs to make the hard calls without asking permission. Your equal partnership sounds fair, but fair doesn't win markets. The real question isn't whether to give up points - it's whether you trust this person to build something bigger than your ego. If you don't, find a new partner. If you do, stop being the anchor and start being the wind.

I dont trust him I understand this, I dont trust him, and he said the same he doesn't trust me and tell him he said that he asked why he was bad but I need to tell him that he said he doesn't trust me to his partner like what

Now you're getting somewhere - this is exactly why you should NOT give up any equity. Listen, trust is the foundation of every successful partnership, and you just admitted it doesn't exist. Your CEO partner literally told his other associates he doesn't trust you, then had the audacity to ask for more control? That's not leadership, that's manipulation. Here's the Seth Godin truth bomb: partnerships without trust are just elaborate ways to get screwed. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. He's already talking behind your back to other partners about not trusting you - what do you think happens when you hand him majority control? You're 50-50 for a reason. That's your protection against exactly this kind of power grab. The moment you drop below 50%, you become a minority shareholder in your own company. Every decision, every direction, every major move becomes his call while you watch from the sidelines. The energy drink market is brutal, sure - but you know what's more brutal? Building a company just to watch someone else own and control it because you got talked into "doing what's best for the business." Don't negotiate from weakness. If he doesn't trust you and you don't trust him, the solution isn't giving him more power - it's either building that trust or finding an exit strategy. Never give up control to someone who's already undermining you.