anorak

Thanks for your hard numbers; they're enlightening to a worker-bee like myself. A few questions: "Double that number if there are no outside investors" - do you mean double the 10%, or double the 2%? (I'd like to pursue this vein so I can relate to the owner's perspective.) How do you recommend calculating what the company is worth? Assets and revenue? (Company is still trying to turn a year in the black.)

So you'd suggest that I propose a stock package based on growth of the company over a certain period? Say maybe, over the next six months (if I stay with the company), what the increased revenue is? [Or would you recommend doing that in retrospect over the last six months - to say "a growth of X makes it reasonable for a compensation of Y"?]

Hm, thanks for the good perspective; I have some significant leverage, as the founders don't want to do the work any more and that's one of the reasons they enlisted my help. As one with integrity, I feel it appropriate to hand-off what I've developed gracefully, and so documentation has been a big part of what I've done. I'll definitely look at the leverage side though, thanks for the thoughts!