How Much Equity Should You Give Your Employees?

brett fox
brett fox
Nov 8 · 6 min read

I was advising the two founders of a technology company. They had no funding, and they were looking to hire a VP of Engineering.

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They found a good candidate for the position, and they only wanted to give him 1% equity vesting over four years. I told them the candidate wasn’t going to take the risk of joining for such a small percentage ownership.

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I work with startup CEOs to help them grow their businesses . I built several businesses from $0 to >$100M. Learn more at www.brettjfox.com

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