1. Are you a single founder, would a 2nd founder help?
2. Do you already have a 2nd founder who is technical/business?
3. How far along are you?
4. How much salary are they willing to give up?
5. Are you a first-time founder?
I was brought on as a co-founder, even though the business had a few months head start. However I was the only dev, I was going to make the same "salary"--20k/yr, and that the company didn't really have much more than a simple proof of concept.
Employees should expect a "reasonable" percentage of market salary. Founder's should not.
The difference would be from about 5% to perhaps 15%. There should be a damn good reason to make this happen (you wanted the person as a founder at the start, but external forces kept it from happening). A bad first hire can sink your company, so be careful.
1. Are you a single founder, would a 2nd founder help? 2. Do you already have a 2nd founder who is technical/business? 3. How far along are you? 4. How much salary are they willing to give up? 5. Are you a first-time founder?
I was brought on as a co-founder, even though the business had a few months head start. However I was the only dev, I was going to make the same "salary"--20k/yr, and that the company didn't really have much more than a simple proof of concept.
Employees should expect a "reasonable" percentage of market salary. Founder's should not.