Equity Questions

The CEO of a LLC early startup plans to assign non-dilutable equity to the founders. Each founder will take a small amount of equity, leaving a pool for future employees and investors. IMHO, what...

Co-Founder LLC Equity Dilution

asked Feb 11 '12 at 02:38

Anon User
62 points

The CEO of an early stage LLC plans to keep control of the company in the long term. To achieve this, he plans on keeping at least 51% of the equity. The company has 6 founders in total. While it...

Co-Founder LLC Equity

asked Feb 11 '12 at 04:31

Anon User
62 points

What happens when you start a company using Joel's Totally Fair Method to Divide Up The Ownership of Any Startup with two technical founders whose roles change over time? Imagine the case where...

Software Partner Equity

asked Feb 12 '12 at 04:15

Gili
178 points

I shared my startup idea with two of my best friends and it seemed like a great thing to do at the time. The entire thing basically revolves around a particular kind of content and let's just say...

Co-Founder Equity Website Shares

asked Feb 12 '12 at 20:44

Aviraldg
111 points

I was working for quite a time with US company which is S Corporation. Now we are planning to continue as partners and I should get 10% of the company. As far as I understand I cant be a...

Incorporation Equity Shares S Corp

asked Feb 13 '12 at 01:59

Igor Romanov
118 points

Possible Duplicate: How to Divide Up Your Company's Equity I am teaming up with two co-founders to build a web platform. The two partners are business guys while I am the sole techie. I am in...

Co-Founder CTO Equity Web App

asked Feb 14 '12 at 05:18

Keith
6 points

I have built a product in the past 4 years for traders that is being used by a few accounts. I haven't done any marketing at all so far, the few clients using it are a few beta testers that have...

Marketing Sales Software Equity Business

asked Feb 15 '12 at 02:15

Joe
6 points

Myself and my partner are both sales guys. I had a terrible business idea but after meeting with my future partner over lunch one day he made it better by with a few suggestions that I knew were...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Feb 17 '12 at 14:34

Dev Newb
118 points

The CEO of a LLC early startup plans to distribute equity among the founders. Each founder will not know how much equity the other founder has. What are the advantages and the disadvantages of...

Co-Founder LLC Equity

asked Feb 6 '12 at 23:14

Anon User
62 points

What the appropriate documents needed for one to buy into a (Delaware) C Corp (private)? What are the documents that the Company needs to issue in order to confirm the investment?

Funding Equity Legal Shares

asked Feb 7 '12 at 03:21

Sfe
4 points

Say your startup: is made up of two or three people where the equity has already been split evenly, has some money coming in on a regular basis from a single project worked on by everyone, but...

Equity

asked Feb 7 '12 at 10:08

Daniel Gill
175 points

I am starting a fashion retail business this year, and I need a total initial investment of $300,000. I don't know about financial issues regarding shares, equity and dividend. I'm currently...

Getting Started Equity Investors Shares

asked Feb 7 '12 at 16:13

Mimi
4 points

Approached by 2 founders that are very early days of executing an idea. They have some good .com properties that will be central to brand/idea and had recent offers around $100K, with one outlier...

Funding Co-Founder Equity Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 8 '12 at 12:24

Jjj
21 points

So here is the deal, I am not the founder but last few years actually have become a very key player. Initially we had agreement to fix issues and once they are done I get out. Now, of course they...

Equity

asked Feb 10 '12 at 11:57

Mmr
11 points

Some people I know came up with a idea of a startup. They will provide also the seed investment (50k) and contacts for future investment rounds. I will be in charge of the start up of the company...

Founder Equity Compensation Seed Funding CEO

asked Jan 26 '12 at 04:28

Thomas
6 points

I'm a tech founder of a startup in the very early stage. I'm looking to add a business development, sales, and marketing co-founder. However this guy is looking to invest 2 hours per day while i'm...

Equity

asked Jan 27 '12 at 03:51

Mark
31 points

...and we never signed any founders or vesting agreements? I now know not having those agreements is the worst thing ever and won't do that again. We are parting as friends friends so I feel like...

Equity

asked Feb 1 '12 at 15:13

Confused
11 points

I know this is TL;DR material but I'm just trying to sort this out and feel I might need an outsiders view. I was approached to become the CTO and co-founder of a startup. The founder pitched me...

Equity Legal Partnerships

asked Jan 21 '12 at 05:57

Graham
108 points

I run a company that’s self funded and does not intend to go public (this might change due to the nature of the business). I have started to experience scale and traction, which means that I will...

Equity Stock Options Stocks

asked Jan 23 '12 at 00:01

Quintin
101 points

I am soon to launch an interesting network. I have completed product development and currently testing the product. In the course of working on the project, I met an experienced man who loved the...

Equity

asked Jan 24 '12 at 19:13

Marie
11 points