Equity Questions

Assume Bob is looking for a job. Bob has the skills to develop something that within a few months may possibly double or triple the worth of a well established company. The company is aware of...

Equity Negotiation Partnerships

asked Sep 30 '13 at 02:22

Mi Gusta
120 points

One of my partners, in an online service startup, is going to put the software design as his investment and share on equity. The rest of us are putting in time and money. But now came up a...

Equity Startup Costs Cost Investment

asked Oct 4 '13 at 00:31

Christian Rojas Alves
8 points

I started a company in India in June of 2012 focusing on Web & Mobile App Outsourcing Space. In past 1 year we have grown to revenue of $1M+ and we are expanding fast. The company is...

Equity

asked Oct 5 '13 at 17:51

Mukul Gupta
6 points

I am wondering how much equity (in percentage) should I demand for a co-founder CTO position in a start-up which opened 7 months ago? Here are some details on the start-up: = The main founder is...

Getting Started Equity

asked Oct 9 '13 at 22:20

Uri
106 points

I'm a developer and I've been working with a startup for awhile and things are now getting (more) formalized with regards to equity (grants) and vesting. I am getting equity as a developer but my...

Equity Business

asked Oct 19 '13 at 07:00

Daysareokay
6 points

I started a company in India in June of 2012 focusing on Web & Mobile App Outsourcing Space. In past 1 year we have grown to revenue of $1M+ and we are expanding fast. The company is...

Equity

asked Sep 13 '13 at 04:31

Mukul Gupta
6 points

Here is the specific question: I am a co-founder of a very early stage technology start-up. We have a good early level feedback on the nearly finished prototype(with a lot of features that we have...

Advisors Equity

asked Sep 14 '13 at 00:17

User2530668
6 points

I'm a tech/product guy at a seed-stage startup in New York City and have been working there for 2 years (about Sept '11). At first, I started by taking a signficantly reduced market rate and 5%...

Equity

asked Sep 19 '13 at 01:49

Joe
6 points

Im currently in a situation where me and my co-founder are determining equity shares. To give a background, I came up with the idea and approached my co-founder (who is a dear friend and was a...

Equity

asked Sep 20 '13 at 19:30

Unique81
6 points

Me and my co founder have finished the beta version of our product and we should be launching within the next two months. The equity percentages have been agreed based on both our contributions in...

Equity

asked Sep 22 '13 at 02:44

Unique81
6 points

I am recently approach by one start up company CEO to work for him as CTO. There will be 3 person in team,CEO,CTO,CFO. My responsibilities in company would be to look after all such tech. part and...

CTO Equity Salary Technical

asked Sep 26 '13 at 06:09

Daniel
13 points

A & B have started a company a few months back. Both of them have built the product together and are equally enthusiastic about its success. However, Mr. A has been involved full time (in the...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Agreement Fulltime

asked Sep 1 '13 at 03:58

Andysax
6 points

I am planning to startup in a few months and I need some advice. The startup cost should not exceed $10,000 and I will share equity with a partner. How many shares should we authorize? How much...

Funding Equity Startup Costs

asked Sep 5 '13 at 10:46

User27734
1 point

8 months ago my friend and i started a business. I was the only person who gave the startup capital and working full time for the business. My partner worked part time for the business and for the...

Equity Partnership

asked Aug 12 '13 at 18:56

Nik
1 point

First, I understand this question has been asked several times but I believe this case is a little bit different. Myself and a group of people recently competed in a Startup Weekend event (54...

Equity

asked Aug 15 '13 at 03:53

Ri89
11 points

I am a cofounder with shares that have voting rights. We have 3 founders - One with majority shares (a little more than the other two combined). I come from tech background while other 2 founders...

Board Co-Founder Equity Compensation

asked Aug 19 '13 at 05:48

Santu
156 points

I have been trying to start my own tech startup for a year and half. During this time i built significant IP and invested my time and effort. I have a database of users and mailing list. I have...

Co-Founder Equity Vesting

asked Aug 19 '13 at 13:48

Kris
1 point

A friend of mine set up a small company (currently two employees). He started getting more work than he could handle so came to me asking for software to manage his clients and business...

Equity Salary

asked Aug 20 '13 at 20:49

Awalias
111 points

I have a nonprofit organization (NPO) that serves children and was founded in 1992. I have a second location now and want to build a new arm to the program. Can I get startup funds to extend my NPO...

Equity Non Profit

asked Aug 22 '13 at 01:54

Jackie
4 points

So, A friend of mine has a brand created for a game, characters, story, the works. He also a rough idea about how the game should be which looked pretty solid. He took out about $40,000 loan and...

Getting Started Contract Equity Legal Shares

asked Aug 25 '13 at 03:43

Brybam
103 points