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So, as an example, with a business guy & technical co-founder, the business guy believes the technical co-founder should deserve 80% of the company, the technic
by shalmanese 16y ago
So, as an example, with a business guy & technical co-founder, the business guy believes the technical co-founder should deserve 80% of the company, the technical guy believes the business guy should deserve 40% of the company.
80% + 40% = 120%. Thus, the business guy ends up with 40%/120% = 33.3% and the technical guy ends up with 80%/120% = 66.6% of the company.
Both walk away happy that they got more than they felt like they deserved.
- borism 16y agosince when tech guy gets more than business guy? (to all the downvoters: I'm genuinely interested)
- zackattack 16y agoMaybe when there are real technical challenges? Developers capable of creating CRUD business applications are basically a commodity
- jarsj 16y agoIt totally depends on the nature of the company. In many successful tech companies like (Google/FB/DropBox etc..), I believe tech guys owns majority.
- roel_v 16y agoTo quote from the grandparent "So, as an example,..."