Compensation Questions

I am thinking of working for a company that can pay its Growth Marketers bonuses that are tied to revenue generation. For example, if we close a $100,000 contract, how much should the Growth...

Compensation Growth Hacking

asked May 27 '19 at 17:24

B Ch
1 point

Suppose there is a situation like this: There are 3 people in a startup, the CEO, a partner, and an investor (very small angel). The investor does no work but has 7.5% equity and 7.5% net profit...

Equity Salary Compensation

asked Nov 24 '13 at 09:06

Goose
16 points

I am a cofounder with shares that have voting rights. We have 3 founders - One with majority shares (a little more than the other two combined). I come from tech background while other 2 founders...

Board Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Aug 19 '13 at 05:48

Santu
156 points

I'm going to be working for a startup that is prefunding. They have received a grant for housing and a bit more. I was wondering what I should negotiate in terms of salary and equity. I don't want...

Getting Started Hiring Equity Compensation

asked Aug 25 '13 at 08:43

Sean Fisher
108 points

Prerequisites I'm an experienced developer with broad knowledge of software engineering matters, having contacts in outsourcing companies and access to great talented tech people. At the moment I'm...

CTO Development Equity Compensation Partnerships

asked Jul 27 '13 at 06:00

Vasily Ulianko
6 points

My partners and I are in the process of forming an LLC for our startup. We're admittedly pretty new to this, and I'm confused about how to handle compensations for some IP a non-member contributed....

LLC Compensation Intellectual Property

asked Jul 30 '13 at 23:28

Samuel Kordik
6 points

I am currently working for a company and I'm on an H1B. I know that I cannot accept compensation from any other employer but the company that filed for my visa. What if another company grants me...

Visa Compensation Stock Options

asked Jul 17 '13 at 09:35

Gevorg
106 points

We have been coding now for about 6 months on our startup. Up until now, we have bootstrapped the entire project on pennies, being cash poor. Fortunately we were able to raise a small friends and...

Equity Independent Contractor Compensation

asked Apr 10 '13 at 05:44

Derek
164 points

I had an interview at a startup and things went well. The HR called me later and asked me what my expectation of salary was. I then told them what I was expecting. A week later, they came back...

Compensation

asked Mar 15 '13 at 13:30

Montage9
1 point

I am employee #1 in a startup with some substantial equity in it. Our startup was funded by angel money and I have worked from the beginning for a salary way below market rate. Now, venture round...

Venture Capital Salary Compensation

asked Mar 17 '13 at 02:55

User25504
16 points

So I asked a broader question on this situation before, but am now trying to narrow it down to the core issue after negotiations failed yet again with my co-founders. I am a tech guy who joined a...

Equity Founders Compensation

asked Feb 27 '13 at 04:37

User25060
6 points

We are in the very early stage of organizing and launching a new web-based business. There are two co-founders - one who is CTO and one who is CEO. In addition, we will be including a third person...

Compensation Intellectual Property Micro Startup

asked Feb 15 '13 at 02:15

User25024
6 points

I'm a technical co-founder in a pre-funding company in a niche tech segment, working with two non-technical co-founders who have largely overlapping skill sets. I met them at a networking event and...

Co-Founder Equity Technical Compensation

asked Feb 17 '13 at 15:07

User25060
6 points

I have been appoached by a private equity firm that has an idea -- a good one -- and $5M. They've asked me to be CEO and make it happen. They requested I make the opening bid for compensation and...

Equity Negotiation Compensation CEO

asked Feb 8 '13 at 13:44

User23925
21 points

I am a marketing professional with over 10 years of successful experience. My specialty area is strategic thinking/planning. Recently a local company in its first year of operation asked if I...

Marketing Sales Consulting Compensation Commission

asked Jan 18 '13 at 12:56

Carol Hughes
6 points

First some context to my question. I started working in a startup a year ago. Since then I've been working part time on it (around 15-20 hours a week) in an informal way (no remuneration), while...

Compensation

asked Jan 5 '13 at 07:40

Lightman
8 points

I'm trying to be as specific as possible here: We are a Startup 5 months on the go with three co-founders. Since none of us can truly code we need to employ our first Web-developer and we have...

Equity Founders Compensation Shares

asked Dec 20 '12 at 03:08

Clemens Kemper
16 points

We are two 50/50 founders of an enterprise SaaS company. both cofounders are tech people with a good grasp of business knowledge. Mainly, one of our cofounders brought most of our clients and...

Equity Saas Salary Compensation Commission

asked Dec 28 '12 at 07:14

Sd Reyes
156 points

I've seen a few job offers where in addition to the salary the company offers X,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSU). I'm still trying to understand owning equity as one of the early employees for a...

Equity Compensation Stock Options

asked Dec 6 '12 at 05:39

Wwwuser
125 points

I'm a developer negotiating compensation for a commercialized version of some data analysis software I wrote (see my profile if you like). This is a completely new experience for me. I want...

Payments Negotiation Compensation Royalties

asked Dec 14 '12 at 05:23

Matt Phillips
108 points