Equity Questions

we have been in business for few years, we have a product (software) that is being refined every day, we have a small team we have paying customers. we are profitable. Our lead developer, which is...

Software Equity

asked Jan 9 '12 at 05:28

Maestro
1 point

2 other guys and myself decided to put together a young mens online magazine. We collectively came up with the name, but I came up with the concept of the magazine. 1 guy does the writing and the...

Co-Founder Incorporation Equity Income

asked Jan 9 '12 at 12:47

Fashionisto
1 point

Ok, so I'm a developer. I was approached the other week by a friend who had an idea for a website that he wanted to make, and he came to me because a) we know each other, and b) I've given him...

Co-Founder Equity Website

asked Jan 9 '12 at 18:03

Semisight
103 points

In an LLC, distributions need not be related to ownership shares. However, our operating agreement states that positive distributions (gains) will be based upon ownership share. Here is my...

Equity

asked Dec 29 '11 at 02:15

User15253
1 point

pre-funding start-up in tech. founder had idea and filed patent (pending); developed concept, small cash funding, etc. engineer came in year later to help shape app; code proof of concept, help...

Equity Shares

asked Jan 1 '12 at 10:49

Ann
1 point

I hired a full time person with equity-only compensation. The higher-than-usual rate reflects that. However the contract was not professionally written as it only mentions the equity part. Can that...

Equity Compensation

asked Jan 4 '12 at 09:15

Sam
6 points

This is an update to a question I posted a few weeks ago. Help would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm a co-founder of a new startup with two other partners. We are just hammering out terms (equity...

Co-Founder Equity Part Time Founders Agreement Partnerships

asked Jan 6 '12 at 11:22

Local79
21 points

I have a business.I met someone for a completely different reason, but we got along so well and we eventually started talking about starting another business (like the one I already have,but as...

Equity Partnerships

asked Dec 20 '11 at 00:37

Entrep1
6 points

I am planning to work as a partner in a startup along with my friend. Since he is a critical resource so he is taking a major chunk of the equity and holds the decision making power. I being a part...

Partner Equity Profitability

asked Dec 20 '11 at 16:02

Jds
3 points

I am a coder and have very little in-depth business knowledge. I was recently approached about joining a very promising startup with a great idea. Only problem is that they were unfunded and would...

Equity Partnership

asked Dec 21 '11 at 13:16

Amin Brodie
39 points

I'm a co-founder of a new startup with two other partners. I'm a designer and they are a developer and biz dev guy respectively. We are in the initial prototyping phase for the project and will be...

Co-Founder Equity Part Time Partnership

asked Dec 22 '11 at 04:32

Local79
21 points

(background - few startups, business side) This is a situation that I've encountered a few times before. Seems not uncommon among startups. You're kicking around an idea - let's say there are 2-3...

LLC Equity Founders Agreement

asked Dec 22 '11 at 06:25

Jeff Townsend
21 points

I am looking to create a company with 6 founders. Reason being...I need them all and they are all genius. Because they are all already highly compensated at great companies, equity will be my only...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Agreement Joint Venture Fundraising

asked Dec 22 '11 at 10:02

Dustin
11 points

I've recently been headhunted by a startup a year old which I am very interested in leaving my current position in a large established business in the same industry for. There are a number of...

Hiring Equity Salary

asked Dec 25 '11 at 08:39

Scotland
51 points

I have been working on my startup for the last few months, where the idea and market research has been done by me, few months before. I have a working demo I developed with freelancers based on my...

Equity

asked Dec 26 '11 at 19:15

Yishay Saban
1 point

I am working on my project full-time w/o income for a while, now it's getting to the end and I need someone with marketing experience to on board and help out, and a technical guy for final...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Dec 9 '11 at 06:47

Tom
197 points

If an owner has 50% of the company, and the remaining 50% is spoken for by friends and family, is it possible for the owner to "voluntarily" give some of his equity back to the company (at no...

Equity

asked Dec 9 '11 at 08:16

User14924
21 points

I know there have been related posts to this question which I've already read, but can someone please help me specifically with this? We found some high profile techies/developers in a neighboring...

Strategy Equity

asked Dec 14 '11 at 18:23

Newbie
1 point

I'm looking into the equity for the 2nd employee of an early-stage startup. I've seen lots of rules of thumbs out there (some people say 1%) but it's hard to apply because some rules of thumb refer...

Equity Employees Founders Compensation

asked Dec 16 '11 at 15:58

Led
16 points

We are bootstrapping and offering equity. We're seeking a front end developer. We posted on startuply.com but are looking for other places. We used one location on craigslist. Anywhere else we...

Development Equity Employees Startupvisa

asked Dec 18 '11 at 04:29

John Deer
11 points