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What if a good potential #1 asking for founder position?

• kansface 13y ago
  The difference would be from about 5% to perhaps 15%. There should be a damn good reason to make this happen (you wanted the person as a founder at the start, but external forces kept it from happening). A bad first hire can sink your company, so be careful.
• balls187 13y ago
  You have to ask yourself: 1. Are you a single founder, would a 2nd founder help? 2. Do you already have a 2nd founder who is technical/business? 3. How far along are you? 4. How much salary are they willing to give up? 5. Are you a first-time founder? I was brought on as a co-founder, even though the business had a few months head start. However I was the only dev, I was going to make the same "salary"--20k/yr, and that the company didn't really have much more than a simple proof of concept. Employees should expect a "reasonable" percentage of market salary. Founder's should not.