[owebmaster]

If you can get the customers to pay before get a CTO, you can give him 10-20% and a good salary. If not, at least 50% and you will have a hard time convincing someone good enough to help you achieve success.

[hpagey]

I agree, it will be very hard to convince a CTO or any good engineer for that matter to join for even 20%, especially since you are pre revenue.

[bdcravens]

I think this overstates the value of the MVP. It sounds like the CTO contributed only technical assets, while the OP is the one building the actual business.

[threesevens]

That's what I was thinking. I won't be able to afford a "good salary" for a while, and it's still part-time only. I was thinking ~15% and then salary once we're there.

[brianwawok]

Why would someone code for 15% of currently nothing vs go consult for 150 bucks an hour?

Could a developer do your job plus his own and thus own 100% of the business? Some developers can sell too.

[owebmaster]

> I was thinking ~15% and then salary once we're there.

This is not what I suggested . If you want a junior as CTO you can find some in dev bootcamps, universities or startup events.