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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

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Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. There are cases where I will do equity-only deals. who start with small equity percentages don’t end up making very much from startups.

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CTO Salary and Equity Trends 2009-2011

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Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners - a go to resource here in LA for recruiting C-level positions at startups - was nice enough to compile some data again this year (see last year's Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data ). Or they are looking at Hiring a CTO and want to see what salary and equity ranges look like.

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Startup Software Developers

SoCal CTO

Mark tells us: there is a lot of demand for developers right here in L.A. reduced salary, partial equity, good experience, etc. I’ll give you equity in the company.” Just saw a great post by Mark Geller - Developers wanted… in Los Angeles, U.S.A. who would love to talk with you.