Given that you had the initial idea AND you're doing the coding and design, I'd say you should probably get additional equity. (How many successful startups had

Given that you had the initial idea AND you're doing the coding and design, I'd say you should probably get additional equity. (How many successful startups had 100% hacker founders? A lot. How many had 0% hacker founders? Very few.) Of course, this is based on my entirely limited knowledge of the rest of the situation. There are many other relevant questions to ask. Take a look at some previous threads on this same topic: http://searchyc.com/equity http://searchyc.com/equity I will say, try to get equity taken care of up front, before you bring people on. It will prevent conflicts of a magnitude you would never expect.