Equity Questions

I am creating a medical device startup and I have some issues determining how to split up the various roles and responsibilities of founders, among other problems. My brother, a friend/partner, and...

Co-Founder Equity Business Corporate Structure

asked Apr 20 '11 at 06:32

Jry223
11 points

My co-founders and I have agreed on a completely even split equity of 1/3 each. In our operating agreement,however, we need to put down the percentage ownership stake for each of us, and aren't...

LLC Equity

asked Oct 13 '11 at 02:40

Three Way Llc
23 points

Just curious: for the startups here, who prepared your cap table--the Excel spreadsheet showing ownership of your equity, and reflecting conversions of debt, future financings, etc.? You (your...

Equity

asked Dec 18 '11 at 09:20

User6492
1,747 points

Background: I am an Indian citizen residing in India. For the past 3 years I've worked with a US company to develop a software product at a very low price. Now the product is generating some...

India Equity USA Corporate Structure Ownership

asked Feb 2 '20 at 15:48

Raghu N
1 point

I am on H1-B working for MNC in bay area. I have a question like, Can I hold the equity of 1% in my friends start up(C-Corp)? My friend is GC holder. I invested some money, so in return he would...

Equity Startup Immigration H1 B

asked Jul 23 '19 at 21:22

Sateesh Kumar
1 point

I am in conversations with a startup interested in my project. I have not set up the company yet, thus we both wish to collaborate, and apply for public funds to develop my prototype/MVP. The idea...

Co-Founder Equity Intellectual Property Ownership Transfer

asked Jul 2 '19 at 19:08

MMA
1 point

Hi, I understand that IPR ownership is not the same as equity ownership. In a pre-incorporated stage, do you have any hints about how to value IPR (ie. algorithm) and proportionally convert it to...

Equity Intellectual Property

asked Jul 2 '19 at 18:40

MMA
1 point

I'm interested in joining an early stage startup and have a question regarding what is the expected equity I should be offered. This is the scenario:1. The startup has a single founder who is the...

CTO Equity Startups

asked Dec 12 '18 at 00:02

SWlkz
1 point

I have a fulltime job but I do some contractor (programming) work on the side to earn extra cash. My client would like me to work for equity. I like his startup and I think it has some...

Equity

asked Oct 10 '18 at 04:53

TacoCat
1 point

One of the companies that I am a partner in is raising capital. We are considering offering shares with a repurchase program. We have calculated a CAGR that tracks projected YOY revenue growth and...

Equity Venture Capital Stocks

asked Sep 4 '18 at 22:20

Alex Notov
1 point

I am in a complicated situation and would appreciate advice from experienced founders and also investors so I take the right ethical course and also avoid legal issues. I am the CTO of a small...

Equity Venture Capital Ethics Investors Pivot

asked May 29 '18 at 23:35

George84
1 point

When I had a business idea start-up, my friend provided his business license for me to operate in a condition that I share 50% of the profit with him. As the company grew in 2 years we used to...

Equity Partnerships Partnership Share Equity Split Company Investment And Profit Sharing

asked Aug 12 '17 at 23:15

Raj Sv
1 point

With a friend we are doing a spare-time startup; that is, developing stuff on our spare time trying to make something that makes money. We have several products to launch soon but neither of us is...

Equity

asked Oct 12 '10 at 04:59

J. Pablo Fernández
412 points

I've been working on a startup for more than a year now, and as a developer, I created a nice product. But things got harder when I tried to sale it, as I have no talent for this. Then I met two...

Equity Cofounder

asked Feb 10 '16 at 14:52

Francis L
33 points

I started my company from scratch and found a technical co-founder to build my product. So I managed to hustle in order to find this guy, who was working in a company. He started working for me...

Co-Founder Equity Founders

asked Aug 30 '14 at 10:43

User34129
1 point

I came here to ask about: How do companies divide their equity shares among the founders and investors? For example, consider two persons are building a company. Person1 came with the idea of an...

Funding Equity Investment Shares Startup

asked Jun 9 '14 at 07:28

Sky Buzz
36 points

Regarding this excerpt from Paul Graham's essay The Equity Equation:Let's run through an example. Suppose the company wants to make a "profit" of 50% on the new hire mentioned above. So subtract a...

Equity Accounting

asked Jun 7 '14 at 05:43

User33952
1 point

If there was no paperwork done between the co-founders and one of them decides to leave all of a sudden, can the remaining co-founder still continue building that business?Could the founder who...

Co-Founder Contract Equity Legal

asked Jun 13 '14 at 16:56

Omar Gonzalez
16 points

A hardware company is keen to hire employee #1 at $42k/y salary and 0.5% equity (common) with a 4 year vest, 1 year cliff. The company has been around in one guise or another for ~1 year (though...

Equity Review Offer First

asked Jul 16 '14 at 23:22

User34083
11 points

I am a part of a software startup that includes the following six founders. We are about to seek VC and we need to make sure that we split the equity in a fair/correct manner. Based on the...

Equity Part Time Founders Agreement Shares

asked Sep 23 '14 at 23:35

User34135
11 points