A fellow named Paul Graham once speculated that it was not beyond reason to offer your first employee a >6% share in your company [1]. I've received first emplo

A fellow named Paul Graham once speculated that it was not beyond reason to offer your first employee a >6% share in your company [1]. I've received first employee offers from startups for under 1%. This explains most of the difference for my decision. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html