[hightower]

Hi, cto of a fintech. 1.2 m in sales. I own 4%. Other members of mgmt team have about 4% also. Main founder has about 35, investors and option pool own the rest. You should look for about 8% and be part of mgmt team. Anything less and you won’t go the distance even if company is successful. It’s extremely early and extremely risky and you need to be rewarded and motivated accordingly. You will become resentful when others join later and negotiate themselves onto cap table if u don’t get about 8 now. Expect to be diluted. Apart from stock it’s critical you get experience seeing a company scaling.