SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept. Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars? and we have 11.1%
SoCal CTO
MARCH 3, 2011
I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? We can likely provide technical strategy help at little to no cost, but hard core development generally requires that you have found someone to do it for you for equity or that you have some capital available (think $50K+). will definitely be handled.
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SoCal CTO
MARCH 3, 2011
I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? We can likely provide technical strategy help at little to no cost, but hard core development generally requires that you have found someone to do it for you for equity or that you have some capital available (think $50K+). will definitely be handled.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 14, 2009
reduced salary, partial equity, good experience, etc. I’ll give you equity in the company.” Second, there’s this funny perception that the cost of software development have been dramatically changed in the past few years. They haven’t. Likely a lot of time and effort.
SoCal CTO
MAY 27, 2010
This needs to fit with risk, cost, schedule, flexibility, etc. Obviously, the more this person does the more you should expect to compensate them with equity and/or cash. From the technology strategy, you then look at your plan for who will do what. And this somewhat determines the specific skills you will need.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. At that point, you can't really just try to find someone to build it on the side, do equity only, etc. Along the way, this gradually turned into hunting programmers in the wild. It needs to be funded to be successful.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
His goal was to find a programmer who would come in as an early partner and work as an Equity-Only Developer. At that point, you can't really just try to find someone to build it on the side, do equity only, etc. Along the way, this gradually turned into hunting programmers in the wild. It needs to be funded to be successful.
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