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Supply and demand applies to equity distribution, whether you're technical or not. If you have skills that are rare for a particular startup, then you should be
by hooande 16y ago
Supply and demand applies to equity distribution, whether you're technical or not. If you have skills that are rare for a particular startup, then you should be able to demand a larger share of equity.
Every cofounder should get equity based on the question "What is this idea worth without this person?". If you could hire any skilled programmer to replace the technical cofounder, then they shouldn't get a large amount of equity. If they are bringing domain knowledge, specific experience or an uncommon level of expertise, then they should get a lot of equity.
- anamax 16y ago> Every cofounder should get equity based on the question "What is this idea worth without this person?". If you could hire any skilled programmer to replace the technical cofounder, then they shouldn't get a large amount of equity. If they are bringing domain knowledge, specific experience or an uncommon level of expertise, then they should get a lot of equity. And the same applies to non-technical co-founders. Combine this with the "how much would you pay to buy" answer wrt valuing the "idea", prototype/power-point, or other past work, and the equity division is "done".