Equity Questions

Given the following assumptions: Assume total investment (founders + seed) to a SaaS company is 100K After one year, the monthly net profit is 5K, and it is growing at around 10% monthly. What...

Equity Saas Investors Valuation

asked Jul 5 '11 at 02:20

Jack
26 points

In the development stage of launching a start up. I am initially outsourcing the development as I am not located in a place where there is an abundance of programmers. The dev timeline is 6 weeks....

Equity Employees Salary Team

asked Jul 5 '11 at 12:41

Eric Littleton
107 points

My team and I are nearing the launch of our initial product this August. We are wanting to develop a metrics-based system that will be implemented upon product launch that will determine founder's...

Equity Metrics Founders

asked Jul 6 '11 at 06:27

Travis Truett
127 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I would be the sole on-site tech person, along with being 'tech-co-founder' There are two...

Co-Founder Equity Technical

asked Jul 7 '11 at 03:26

User9968
229 points

So let's make an example story: I'm the founder and the only developer of a web startup. Currently there is no one else other than me in the company. I've added a sales guy, wishing to give him...

Equity Legal Business Stock Options

asked Jul 7 '11 at 11:57

Ryan
139 points

Being in the last stages of completing the development of a video based social network, my partners and I have interviewed a few internet marketing specialists for promoting us. After receiving...

Marketing Equity Social Network Internet Marketing Profit Sharing

asked Jul 8 '11 at 17:34

User11829
1 point

I teamed up with a student at school to help him launch a new business. The student I teamed up with has been running a legacy company for the past two years, which I am also involved in. The new...

Equity Distribution

asked Jul 9 '11 at 03:35

Dem
1 point

One of my co-founders is suggesting that we split equity based upon the number of hours each person puts in until we obtain funding and begin drawing salaries. In other words, each person would be...

Equity Shares

asked Jun 23 '11 at 10:08

A Fake Username
86 points

Here is the scenario: I am the ceo/founder of a company that will be launching a website/application. The amount of cash I have invested thus far is less than 3,000. I am currently seeking...

Funding Founder Equity Investment CEO

asked Jun 28 '11 at 13:50

Eric Littleton
107 points

I'm the co-founder and Managing Director of a start up backed by angel money. There are three partners. I run the day to day business and moved it from launch to major player in the market in a...

Equity Investment CEO

asked Jun 30 '11 at 01:46

Michael Canfield
6 points

I would really appreciate your guidance and advice. Great community. I am a co-founder of a two year old start-up that is finally getting proper VC funding ($1MM injection). Currently, the...

Funding Founder Equity Fulltime

asked Jul 1 '11 at 05:09

Sbeekar
26 points

I realize this has been addressed in various forms before but I feel this case is unique. How much equity would you give to a friend who came up with the idea for a startup but is voluntarily...

Advisors Equity

asked Jun 14 '11 at 20:29

Johnster
21 points

I am looking for a simple website solution for my pre-launch (and pre-funding) start-up to do the following: Introduce the business without totally giving the concept away. Have a web address as...

Marketing Advisors Equity Website Investors

asked Jun 15 '11 at 00:16

C. Scott
85 points

I came up with an idea for a startup, and after trying to start other ventures with non-paid partners I knew the only way to get this done right was to hire a developer straight up to code the...

Bootstrapped Co-Founder Equity Legal Partnerships

asked Jun 15 '11 at 01:19

Patrick
6 points

I recently participated on a team with a developer at a hackathon. The person has their own freelance business, so unlikely to join fulltime later. They expressed interest in helping with my...

Development Equity Compensation

asked Jun 18 '11 at 03:31

Anonya
11 points

I'm a web developer running a startup in development and i'm looking for a sales/business relationships guy who can do marketing and contact businesses that we'll promote their products. How much...

Equity

asked Jun 19 '11 at 20:52

Ryan
139 points

We are a group of 5 people working on an idea for a start-up. The aim is to find an investor that would allow us to develop the project fully. Now we're just at the idea and presentation stage. 3...

Equity Founders Organization Presentation

asked Jun 19 '11 at 22:49

Giovanni
11 points

I've been working for my current employer for the past several years as CTO. I recently pitched them on starting a separate division that is more entrepreneurial and experimental to spin out...

Equity Employees Founders

asked Jun 20 '11 at 18:54

Adam
16 points

We have a company with 5 co-founders and are having some serious issues with work process. We started with 3 cofounders and just assumed we'd do an equal equity split without thinking it through....

Equity

asked Jun 21 '11 at 04:55

Marco
6 points

I am in some what a unique situation. I work for a friend owned software services company which has only 1 share holder - Founder & CEO. I joined them to execute on a product idea that the...

Co-Founder Equity Seed Funding CEO

asked Jun 22 '11 at 09:22

Bsk
6 points