Re:Ask HN: How much ownership is reasonable for a technical...
by NonEUCitizen on Monday April 30, 2012 @07:57PM
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Why do you need the business types to be co-founders? Why do they get shares at all? Why not hire them as employees (or temporary contractors)? Is your prototype done? If not, why do you need business-types now? What value do they add?
You should retain majority if not 100% of the shares. That way you have more shares left in the pool with which to recruit engineers.
You should retain majority if not 100% of the shares. That way you have more shares left in the pool with which to recruit engineers.