>> one of the founding employees If you were an employee, you were not a founder. A founding-employee would be someone who explicitly "invested" uncompensated

>> one of the founding employees If you were an employee, you were not a founder. A founding-employee would be someone who explicitly "invested" uncompensated time/money into a company without compensation and also worked as an employee. If you are also an employee earning a wage you better have a written agreement stating what amount was "investment" and what amount was compensated wage.