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by Travis 5539 days ago
Good luck, and please keep us posted on your success!

I don't have the time to invest. But I wanted to say this -- to a programmer, someone saying the MVP is "50-75% done" really sounds like, "you are going to do way more work than you think. And we will think you only did 25-50% of the work, so you will get screwed on equity."

All programmers are bad at project estimation. Asserting that you are that far along sounds like you're starting the negotiations with, "we have done over half the work, so don't expect tons of equity."

Just my thoughts. Best of luck to you guys.

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I can respect that perception but it doesn't match the reality in this case. My 50-75% estimate is probably on the conservative side. 4+ months have been spent on the site - it is functional and only requires approximately another 4 weeks worth of works to improve the UI and bug-fix.

In terms of equity: there will be no 'screwing' going on :).

Good to get that feedback though on how this posting can be misinterpreted. Thanks!