Equity Questions

I'm going to be working for a startup that is prefunding. They have received a grant for housing and a bit more. I was wondering what I should negotiate in terms of salary and equity. I don't want...

Getting Started Hiring Equity Compensation

asked Aug 25 '13 at 08:43

Sean Fisher
108 points

I am starting a new venture. An investor has agreed to invest into this new company provided that I transfer an equally valued Apple shares into the same company. I am told that this would not be...

Equity

asked Jul 23 '13 at 19:37

Rajanish P
1 point

I'm the technical co-founder at a startup. We have soft-circled nearly 50% of our seed round, are participating in an accelerator this summer, are rapidly acquiring new users, and have been in...

Equity Founders Agreement Founders Stock Options Vesting

asked Jul 25 '13 at 00:28

Sohan Jain
6 points

I am entitled to a slice of founder's stock. I have 2 question related to them a) Do founder's stock have a vesting schedule or are they immediately vested b) what is the strike price at which...

Equity

asked Jul 26 '13 at 15:23

User27169
1 point

Prerequisites I'm an experienced developer with broad knowledge of software engineering matters, having contacts in outsourcing companies and access to great talented tech people. At the moment I'm...

CTO Development Equity Compensation Partnerships

asked Jul 27 '13 at 06:00

Vasily Ulianko
6 points

A partner and I have been working through a business idea centered around a website & mobile app. We've worked through the conceptualisation, version 1 designs, research and some very basic...

Equity

asked Aug 6 '13 at 22:59

Eagarmatt
1 point

We're in the process of hiring our first employee and trying to figure out logistics given that we're making the employment offer in parallel with our seed funding. All of our current funding up to...

Hiring Equity Venture Capital Stock Options Convertible Note

asked Jul 6 '13 at 11:07

User26911
6 points

I am currently involved in a Canadian tech startup, and as I am about to enter equity negotiations, I would like to clarify the ownership and copyright of the code base, to better understand the...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Canada Copyright

asked Jul 8 '13 at 08:55

Chris
6 points

I'am a student and joined a Startup as a summer intern, as a Web Developer. Later on I said that I am willing to continue work for at least 1 year (part time) and they agreed. Is it okay if I ask...

Bootstrapped Equity Technical

asked Jul 14 '13 at 03:56

Gaurav Goyal
47 points

A potential partner and I discussed one of my ideas. The idea is mine and at the time of discussion, it was not clear that we would be partners. I was essentially discussing ideas with an industry...

Co-Founder Ideas Equity Partnerships

asked Jul 15 '13 at 11:54

Moonstar2001
186 points

I had a part-time co-founder but he is leaving. How can he hand back equity? I'm based in the UK and I've heard of a form called J10, but once this is done how do we change the information...

Co-Founder Equity UK

asked Jul 16 '13 at 09:58

Olive
106 points

I am a professional developer, and I work on the side on my own projects. I incorporated a company about a year ago, and my last side-project generates about $400 a month. I have now started...

Co-Founder Equity Part Time

asked Jul 16 '13 at 22:38

Antipasti
3 points

I am founding a startup and trying to determine the correct equity split to expect. The situation is that at my former company (Company A), I developed some software, which is currently owned by...

Co-Founder Equity Intellectual Property

asked Jul 17 '13 at 00:16

Randigoo
61 points

A programmer friend is building a very simple subscription as a service tool for me. He's calling it an "easy" job (2-3 months build time), and has agreed to work for a % of cash flow (profit)...

Development Equity Partnerships Profitability Profit Sharing

asked Jul 19 '13 at 16:57

User27061
6 points

I am interested in joining a very early formation phase startup and would like to get some idea as to what to expect. The startup will consist of 4-5 people all on the marketing and PR side. They...

Equity

asked Jul 21 '13 at 04:46

Guest User
21 points

My co-founder and I have been working on my idea for the past 18 months. Throughout, despite statements of their commitment, I have always done the vast majority of the work. We have had serious...

Co-Founder Founder Equity

asked Jun 4 '13 at 07:34

User26519
6 points

My biz partner and I split up (not amicably) a couple of months ago, and he left my bootstrapped startup business. When he left, his total equity in the company was vested up to 20%. I own the...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Investment Loan

asked Jun 5 '13 at 07:58

John B.
6 points

I'm an entrepreneur and programmer stuck in a pretty tricky situation. So here's the situation: A couple friends and I decided to create an internet startup (website and iOS Application) in hopes...

Equity

asked Jun 6 '13 at 15:04

Asg
53 points

I took part alone in a 4 months acceleration program for startups, during which I worked on the idea, I did market and customer research and all the usual things needed before start a new company....

Getting Started Co-Founder Equity Founders Agreement

asked Jun 10 '13 at 06:51

Andrea
26 points

My co-founder and I have a fledgling software company. We recently started talking to a non-technical entrepreneur who is looking for a development partner. He has potential backers, but needs to...

Development Equity Partnership

asked Jun 16 '13 at 05:27

Dan Ellis
71 points