In many startups there are some #1 or #2 employees who helped the whole business all the way. I've got couple guys like that, I'd love to give them more than the salary (even thou …

I've been voraciously reading about startups for the last week, this site included. Unfortunately, I've come to the conclusion that the equity structure of our startup needs to ch …

I'm working with two other partners to get a SaaS startup off the ground. I worked on this thing slowly, mostly on my own, for about two years before approaching my partners. As …

In a founder-funded company, how should the founders treat the cash that they contribute to the company? Should it be convertible debt? Equity (but the founders already have all th …

I'm about to launch my web based business, and several friends/relatives offered to invest small amounts of money(5-10k) for a few percentages (1-5%) of my company. It's a side bus …

Hi, We are going to found an startup with equally shares. One as the product/tech partner being the other the marketing/sales partner. We are going to found on a 50% equal shares …

Me (software developer) and my co-founder (UI designer) are looking forward to build a SaaS startup. I would usually lean towards a 50/50 distribution, but in this particular scen …

I am a 40 year old software developer in the finance industry. Since my 20's my I have a pattern of working for a few years to build up the bank account, and the pursuing some entr …

Hi all, Question: What are some sample milestones/goals to set for co-founders to allow them to gain equity for contributing value to the company, like a vesting-based equity p …

Two experienced guy with good business experience and good valley connections are looking for technical guy who can help them to start their startup. So I am the only technical gu …

I'm running a company from the last 10 years. Now I have hired a senior person to head the finance of the company as my knowledge in the finance is nil.He has asked for 6 % equity …

Hi all, I think I understand stock dilution (and I know in quite some cases it's not bad to get diluted) but I was wondering (it's mostly curiosity but I still think it's an inter …

I've decided to take on a minority partner for my startup. This individual will have a 25% stake in the business and I will retain 75% as the founder. My partner will not be putt …

Hi, I read some articles about Startup Equity Distribution: Here is one of them: http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/10/startup-equity-distribution.html They give good insight, but sti …

First time poster here, and kudos to Dharmesh for setting up this great QA site. Now Ive been researching for over a year now as an aspiring entrepreneur, but I am still fuzzy on …