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Ask HN: What stake should I have in a company when I'm developing for free?
I've been working on a website for some guys I know based on an idea they had. The premise was that I do it for free and I get to own part of the business when it goes live.
Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? What % of ownership should I have?
This is not my idea, but I've spent 100's of hours developing their site for them while I've been on break from study.
- radkiddo 13y ago50%
- Gojja 13y agoI would say split it with all of them IF you're in it together and they start to work with the site now (marketing and so on).
- deevus 13y agoIt's looking like that is the most likely outcome. I just wasn't sure if I was selling myself short by letting it be an even split when I'm the one doing the hard yards right now.
- jasiek 13y agoI guess the best way would be to agree on a chunk of biz before taking on any work.
- deevus 13y agoI've known one of the guys for over 10 years, and he has paid me promptly for odd jobs in the past. I didn't see any reason to fear.