Equity Questions

I'm interviewing for a Lead Developer role in a company that is asking me to take a cut in salary in exchange for a share of equity over 3 year period. I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea, but...

Equity Interviews

asked Apr 30 '12 at 13:18

Marty Pitt
171 points

Here's the scenario my startup is in and I'd appreciate some thoughts on how to solve several issues we have. We're 3 co-founders (2 biz, 1 dev) and we've been working on an idea for the past ~12...

Equity

asked May 1 '12 at 20:06

Yuval A
121 points

My partner and I founded a start-up personal service business. We own A shares (voting) and are working full-time on the business. We have procured investors, who own B shares (non-voting). The...

Equity

asked May 2 '12 at 03:30

Susannah
1 point

I am the sole founder of a bootstrapped startup (idea conceived by me, revenue model and business plan developed by me, and I filed a provisional process patent for the concept). I have incoporated...

Equity Independent Contractor Contractor

asked May 3 '12 at 10:40

Ric Bray
13 points

I have relatively little experience with recruiting, determining compensation and hiring for startups since this is my first go at it. My approach is that there isn't a single right answer on...

Recruiting Hiring Equity

asked May 3 '12 at 15:10

User1195763
6 points

I have an offer on a table to join this really exciting venture at 50/50 split as a tech co-founder but the original founder insists on issuing me non-voting shares. He worries that he will loose...

Co-Founder Equity

asked May 4 '12 at 08:44

Tech Cofounder
21 points

We're all familiar with the traditional shared equity arrangements in a startup; Some contribution = Some % of shares (thus equity) in the company, which may or may not payoff down the road at...

Bootstrapped Hiring Equity Royalties Stocks

asked Apr 16 '12 at 12:18

Inator
106 points

Has anyone here ever tried giving a share of company profits to regular clients? We are thinking of allocating about 30% of after tax profits to a pool in which our regular customers share. The...

Sales Equity Terms And Conditions

asked Apr 18 '12 at 18:05

Jacques
6 points

hope to get a few outside opinions here. The cast of the saga: "M" - the "idea person", has experience, has (or will have) money from property in near future, unemployed at present "B" - A...

Equity Founders Shares

asked Apr 19 '12 at 07:14

C Uk
4 points

I am a Rails developer with a job who does projects on the side. I've been asked by a couple of friends to build a product for their startup, nothing too special/creative technology wise. They...

Equity Project

asked Apr 22 '12 at 05:47

Erik J
111 points

I really need your help. It 's the first time I've been asked to work for a startup. The company has already been made??, founded by 2 partners, and has already received an initial investment, but...

Contract Equity Employees Design Stock Options

asked Apr 6 '12 at 20:58

Vin
1 point

I am the technical founder of the startup that I work for. My software, that I architected, runs on a device that has won a Gold award even before the trade association's show. The startup is...

Equity Legal

asked Apr 7 '12 at 02:30

Someone Somewhere
116 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I'd appreciate your thoughts on this situation: I am a developer that has worked on a on 2 products for...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Apr 7 '12 at 05:12

Jack Jones
101 points

Over the past four years, my business partner and I founded a company that is planning on selling B2B software. We have been paying the developers to create the software, thus keeping full...

Equity B2B

asked Apr 11 '12 at 01:07

User17410
5 points

I am starting a software company. We will start with one service in particular, but will expand from there. My question is, is it reasonable to pay developers in equity alone? Also, seperate...

Software Equity Payments Apps Developers

asked Apr 11 '12 at 02:41

User51648
9 points

I'm trying to come up with a rough formula to help decide if I should join a startup. I'd like to weigh my current pay vs joining a startup, taking into account opportunity costs and possible final...

Software Equity Job Offer Tax

asked Apr 14 '12 at 03:26

Nick P.
6 points

I'm the only executive, I have 100% of the shares, I have 4 employees.I built the prototype on my own and I'm almost launching. This person has intense experience in tech but not as an investor....

Equity Investors Team

asked Mar 24 '12 at 16:26

Zapoo
303 points

Suppose a company (C-Corp, Delaware) with 5 co-founders, each having 20% of the shares. Then an investor wants 30% of the company, which will leave each co-founder diluted to 14%. Besides...

Equity Legal Delaware

asked Mar 27 '12 at 00:37

Anon User
62 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I just want to say that I've read a lot of threads regarding this subject, including the most popular one...

Equity Partnership Shares

asked Mar 28 '12 at 14:38

User1202888
1 point

Joined together to create a new venture with my ex-boss, we shared a great work dynamics and gelled well together, had complimentary skills & liked the idea and hence I decided to start...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Agreement

asked Mar 31 '12 at 04:30

Roby
11 points