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Re:Founder Dilution - How Much Is "Normal?" by old-gregg on Saturday February 21, 2009 @12:29PM (#489925)
20-25% for the management team? Perhaps MBA's aren't as "useless" as some folks preach they are. Just being qualified to be one part of this team puts you on an equal footing with founders in a startup after 4 rounds. Damn...

Who are these people? I am assuming that CEO/CTO are the founders, then you recruit COO, a VP of marketing, perhaps VP of business development... who else? Do these 3 new folks grab 20% of the company in addition to being paid salaries?

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Re:Founder Dilution - How Much Is "Normal?" by atarashi on Saturday February 21, 2009 @01:48PM (#489963)
He probably means management team + other employees. Isn't the total employee option pool about 20%?
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Re:Founder Dilution - How Much Is "Normal?" by lacker on Sunday February 22, 2009 @06:22PM (#490994)
Yes - in the comments he states the 20-25% includes all employees.
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Re:Founder Dilution - How Much Is "Normal?" by vaksel on Saturday February 21, 2009 @12:40PM (#489926)
since they say its a late stage play, my guess the founders are pretty much kicked to the curb by this point. So CEO is most likely in play.
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