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You have to ask yourself:

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.