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Depends on how far along development is and whether you are coming in as a founder CTO or first-employee CTO. 1) if still very early, then 100/4 seems fair bec
by sebg 9y ago
Depends on how far along development is and whether you are coming in as a founder CTO or first-employee CTO. 1) if still very early, then 100/4 seems fair because you could be in business for a very long time with these people so it makes sense to all be equal partners. 2) if some type of money has been raised then it's a trickier proposition. Questions you want to ask: a) how much money raised if any, b) other founder's shares, c) founder CTO or employee CTO, c) how far along development is..... In case you haven't seen them, some Quora answers: https://www.quora.com/What-would-be-the-standard-equity-percentage-given-to-a-technical-CTO-co-founder https://www.quora.com/What-would-be-the-standard-equity-perc..., https://www.quora.com/What-would-a-CTO-compensation-equity-be-for-a-small-startup https://www.quora.com/What-would-a-CTO-compensation-equity-b..., google the question and see responses from a whole host of startup websites.
- dseybermon 9y agoThanks for a great response. A) No money raised, but the three existing founders are all committing personal money to it (I may be asked to do the same). B) I can find out other founders equity stakes. C) Pretty sure it's a founder CTO role, but can double check this. D) No code developed so far, except an initial demo that I wrote for them, which bagged me the offer for the position.