Equity Questions

So me and 2 other cofounders spent a year building a product together, however it got no traction. We have a ery expensive buyout price however, but I don't think it makes sense to buy them out. So...

Co-Founder Equity Failure Startups

asked Oct 22 '14 at 21:10

User34175
16 points

Hi all, let me give you a brief run down of my case: a couple of other people and I are thinking about creating a technology startup for a niche marketing product. It would involve an initial ~8...

Risk Equity Investment Partners Salaries

asked Oct 24 '14 at 06:46

Awasaba
11 points

Long story short, approached a friend who is already a co founder of another technology start up that has investment with an idea. He liked the idea. It was my idea, and we started working on...

Co-Founder Contract Equity Dispute

asked Dec 4 '14 at 03:46

User34199
46 points

Two colleagues ("A" and "B") want to set up a new business based on production. Both invest to initiate the company: "A" and "B" WILL INVEST the same amount. ADDITIONALLY, "B" will make a large...

Equity Startups

asked Dec 8 '14 at 15:14

Ojey
6 points

I need a CTO to join my start up. It is a mobile app. His proposal: 30% equity and wants a 20% employee pool. Leaving me with a 50:30 split. What I bring to the table:1) I am technical. One...

CTO Equity

asked Dec 30 '14 at 00:58

User34199
46 points

We are a 3 people company running from last 3+ years, we have our share holding agreement with equal share for each of us but no specific vesting clauses. Now i am planning to quit for personal...

Equity Exit Startups Cofounder

asked Jan 25 '15 at 21:14

StartupGuy
6 points

Outside of the big incubators like YCombinator and 500Startups, there are tons of smaller ones that only invest small amounts ($10K-ish) and take around 5% equity in your early stage startup.Are...

Funding Equity Incubators

asked Apr 17 '15 at 13:11

Robert Dotson
12 points

My startup is in the very early stages. We have a very raw prototype and haven't launched yet and so have no revenue either.Two angel investors are interested in putting $20,000 each in our startup...

Equity Angel Seed Funding Valuation Angel Investors

asked May 30 '15 at 13:41

Darlene Vera
11 points

I just do not know that much about the other person other then he has good tech skills and can take care of a lot of the paper work stuff, that lets me design and build the business. Which is what...

Co-Founder Equity Ownership

asked Jun 30 '15 at 04:59

Paul Gilchrist
1 point

What is the difference between clawback and founder vesting? It seems that the term "clawback" was used in connection with the Zynga and Skype cases Equity Clawback - how to avoid Zynga situation

Equity Shares Vesting

asked Jul 31 '12 at 19:33

Jhexp
105 points

I'm willing to give 20% of my startup to my partner who has an MBA and good experience. His main responsibility will be sales, marketing and deal making. I'm the developer. I'm working full-time...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Nov 5 '09 at 08:13

Boolean
388 points

Can someone who lives in a third world country target an investment round from a VC in US? From the likes of Ycombinator, etc?

Funding Equity Venture Capital

asked Nov 16 '12 at 12:06

Iam
16 points

The manager of a newly established hedge fund has offered me to join the company for 20% of the company + minimal salary. The fund is not profitable yet, and it would take a year, or two, before it...

Co-Founder Equity Finance

asked Jun 3 '14 at 03:40

User33947
11 points

Once you raise a few rounds of capital, your equity ownership most likely gets diluted to a minority stake. There is nothing that stops the board from firing the founder at this point. How do you...

Board Equity Founders Financial Dilution

asked May 27 '14 at 23:13

Joshua Propp
11 points

I am in the process of designing a mobile app and i'm at the stage where I need to finalise the cost with the developers. They have sent me a quote which I believe to be quite high, however they...

Pricing Technology Equity Business Micro Startup

asked Mar 11 '13 at 09:56

Jack
8 points

What do you think about giving a tiny amount of equity to contractors and consultants? Do you think it would make them more motivated to do a better job if they have ownership in the company?

Equity Consultants Contractor

asked Apr 17 '14 at 22:42

Salvatore Cochrane
11 points

Suppose 2 founders started a company. After 4 years and full vesting one founder decides to leave. Then after 2 more years company successfully sold and both receive the same value. That looks...

Equity Vesting

asked Apr 16 '14 at 13:46

Роман Семенов
16 points

A little background. I built an app for a friend's small business, it was his idea. I went to him when it was finished and told him it's a good idea and I'd like to turn it into a product I could...

Getting Started Co-Founder Equity Partnerships

asked Apr 3 '14 at 15:19

Ryan Arneson
16 points

To keep it simple, let's say you have an employee who is about to fully vest into getting 2% equity in your company. They're a critical part of your engineering team and you want to try to retain...

Equity Employees Vesting

asked Mar 26 '14 at 21:11

John Marsh
30 points

I'm in a predicament. I currently work as a Senior Software Engineer for a medium sized company (top 200 website in U.S.) and get paid above average. This company treats me very well, the people...

CTO Equity

asked Mar 11 '14 at 17:15

User33845
11 points