Salary Questions

My startup is at the stage where I'm considering forming an LLC, S-Corp or C-Corp. I've been reading a lot, on this site and others, about the various advantages and disadvantages of the 3 main...

Incorporation Salary S Corp

asked Jan 12 '12 at 02:14

Paul Cezanne
649 points

I just got an offer from a friend for a startup in an industry we don't know much about. He likes the idea and has a good track record (in other industries). I am still unsure about the validity of...

Salary

asked Jan 6 '12 at 10:36

Frank
21 points

My Friend (a graphic designer/production manager) is a 33% partner in a manufacturing company with 2 investors (spilt 33% among the 3). Right now they are manufacturing for outside clothing...

Getting Started Salary Distribution

asked Dec 24 '11 at 03:01

Stacey Jackson
6 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've heard that start-ups often write proforma budgets using a rule of thumb for figuring fixed costs (rent, utilities, fringe benefits, etc.) in other words costs that scale with headcount. The...

Cost Salary

asked Dec 6 '11 at 13:13

Bruce
21 points

As a technical person, you see this a lot: "I've got this great idea to be the next $BIG_SITE. I need you to build a site for me - it should only take 3 months or so. Meanwhile, you can crash on...

Equity Legal Salary Payroll

asked Nov 15 '11 at 10:12

Ryan Wilcox
183 points

I am contracting (pay by hour) with a startup company building a web service platform (SaaS). I am a programmer. The company already has the prototype product, so my duty is to develop new features...

Salary Contractor

asked Nov 20 '11 at 18:32

Stan
111 points

I am working for a start up company in California. I am currently the only backend developer building a social network for this company. Before there was a team of 2 backend, 2 frontend and looking...

Salary

asked Oct 12 '11 at 16:53

Wojons Tech
101 points

A bit of background: The two founders are guys I used to work with before our previous employer (a SaaS company) was aquired back in 2010. One of the founders was a senior sales exec and the other...

Salary Compensation Stock Options Stocks

asked Sep 23 '11 at 00:46

Kronprinz
113 points

I got an offer from my friend in a startup company with $30K/year (take into account it's not in a "hot" spot like Silicon Valley or NY, but yeah, it's not high in any standards, and the job's in a...

Equity Job Offer Salary Stock Options

asked Sep 23 '11 at 16:13

Anh Pham
109 points

I will be speaking with a potential investor soon. And I will be quitting my job to run this startup. I will also be the only one running the startup for at least the first 6 months. How do I...

Funding Salary Investors

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:12

G Amboo Ka
108 points

I've looked around, but can't seem to find a straightforward answer for this. I am one of 4 founders in a start-up incorporated as a C-corp. 2 of us work full-time on the start-up, and so far have...

Co-Founder Tax Independent Contractor Salary

asked Sep 8 '11 at 14:18

Sid
106 points

Having read so much on how equity has to be split, i am still confused and am unable to come to any conclusion. I Would highly appreciate if you could fill in the gap as its making life difficult....

Equity Salary Profit Sharing

asked Sep 3 '11 at 20:24

User13119
1 point

If my company is profitable and able to pay early startup employee at the market salary (compare to MSFT, Google, Apple etc) , should I still need to pay for significant amount of option to...

Equity Startup Costs Employees Salary

asked Aug 8 '11 at 23:30

Howard
126 points

I'm the co-founder of a bootstrapping startup, and I have incentive to prefer short-term compensation, like deferred salary, instead of equity. Would it be reasonable to apply a multiplier to the...

Equity Salary

asked Jul 18 '11 at 00:10

Ashton M.
83 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

I am an American setting up a U.S. based subsidiary office for a small Eastern European company. What are the methods I can get paid assuming the company does not have capital for straight salary...

Salary International Corporate Structure Subsidiary

asked Jul 7 '11 at 00:12

Lefty
11 points

I am trying to raise seed capital for my next venture and have a quick question regarding salary. There are two founders involved and both will work full-time, suppose if I mark the salary of each...

Salary Budget

asked Jul 8 '11 at 01:26

User11074
39 points

I love working for my current company. The work is challenging and fun, the people are amazing, I've been given lots of opportunity, and it's just an overall great work environment. The...

Career Salary Compensation Large Companies

asked Jun 25 '11 at 12:28

Dragoon
16 points

I live in miami and am about to form an LLC. I have also decided that I would elect to have my LLC to be taxed as S corp. I will be the only employee for next 6 to 9 months. Since it is a S corp I...

LLC Salary Setup

asked Jul 1 '11 at 05:33

Nick Vanderbilt
11 points