Equity Questions

We have a very complex team and our actual roles and skills are known to each other only after we started working and deciding the equities which would be vested in few years. We started working...

Getting Started Equity Enterprise

asked Sep 28 '12 at 13:08

User1699696
8 points

My business partner and I have an idea that requires some web development to be done to get to the first stage of proving that the concept works. We do not want to pay to do this, but rather have...

Equity

asked Oct 2 '12 at 00:51

User19942
11 points

I've been through several rounds of technical (software developer) interviews at a start-up and have done pretty well. I've been invited back for the final round which will be with the CEO. I...

Equity Interviews Exit Strategy

asked Sep 1 '12 at 18:22

Onmyway
13 points

During its mission to raise popularity in the midst of the dot-com boom in '98, TravelZoo gave a few free shares to each person who signed up for their mailing list. Hypothetically, let's say I'm...

Marketing Incentives Incorporation Equity Crowdsourcing

asked Sep 2 '12 at 14:24

Maxim Zaslavsky
101 points

My brother and I would like to start a property investment company / portfolio. Buying run down houses, doing them up and then either selling them or renting. The big question is how to split this...

Equity

asked Sep 6 '12 at 02:37

William Shakerley
1 point

We have a startup with 3 co-founders each having 33.3% of the company. So far we have raised 100k internally and split it 3 ways. Now we wanted to raise another 100k round internally. If one...

Equity Convertible Note Dilution

asked Aug 17 '12 at 00:18

Calman5555
1 point

I am involved in a startup and one of our minority partners (owns 15%, vested 25% of that 15% with the rest over the next two years) is not meeting his side of the agreement. I think we have the...

Partner Equity Founders Agreement

asked Aug 17 '12 at 06:04

Steve
11 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? it's been pretty difficult for my team and I (as it is for everyone) to come up with equity numbers. I'm...

Equity Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 17 '12 at 13:56

Jessica
6 points

I was working for a startup as a remote contractor for couple of months. The founders of the startups are non technical and I am the only one technical person into the team. After working with...

Equity Startup Costs Startupvisa

asked Aug 18 '12 at 19:46

Arnold
16 points

I am one of three founders (all part time) of a software start up which is still in early stages. Considerable effort has been logged even though no formal arrangements have been made. We have...

Equity Investment Dilution

asked Aug 20 '12 at 06:49

Mr. Anderson
13 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? So I friend of mine has this idea for a kind of social network based on video blogging, for obvious...

Getting Started Software Development Equity Shares

asked Aug 21 '12 at 03:14

J Striedinger
1 point

I am a young university student with a good number of years experience in both small/large software companies. This has put me in a good position to find strong student developers and lead/consult...

Getting Started Software Equity

asked Aug 27 '12 at 03:31

Anon 205
11 points

Background: I am a developer with a SaaS product that is bringing in revenue, but not enough to pay a sales person's salary (yet). The company shouldn't need outside funding. The product is...

Sales Partner Equity Saas Business Development

asked Aug 27 '12 at 07:11

Nw Architect
136 points

I realize that Joel Spoelsky has written an extensive summary of how equity should be allocated (namely, fairly), but I was wondering how things might differ in slightly different...

Equity Employees Compensation

asked Aug 1 '12 at 06:15

Nt3 Rp
115 points

Consider a startup with a small number of founders (lets imagine 2 to 4). At some point down the line a difference of opinion developed (such as market to target, or if to continue or fold) that...

Board Equity Corporate Structure

asked Jul 4 '12 at 18:27

Ryan
1,365 points

Hoping someone can comment or help. I have been invited to join in partnership with two others to start a new company which is entirely there idea. I am not expected to make any cash...

Equity Startup Costs

asked Jul 5 '12 at 05:42

Col
6 points

I am the primary founder of my start up. We have just received our first influx of capital. My current employer feels working on this would be a conflict. The start up has a management team in...

Equity Founders Agreement Conflict Of Interest

asked Jul 7 '12 at 07:53

Dan
11 points

I was thinking about attending a hack-a-thon event to get help creating a prototype. I am a non technical founder and was told this route may be a good option. However, I just found out that you...

Development Equity Partnerships

asked Jul 7 '12 at 12:13

Derek
164 points

We are planning for a software startup and following is our setup. There are 4 people who came up with idea. But these people can NOT code and build a product. These 4 people are also going to...

Software Equity Founders Agreement Team

asked Jul 11 '12 at 21:24

John M
8 points

I was recently terminated from a startup without cause, where I was one of several founders owning a decent percentage of stock. We also had an angel investor (incubator) in with us for a small...

Equity Legal Micro Startup Fraud Dilution

asked Jul 13 '12 at 16:31

Startup Monster
48 points