Are you technical? Are you one of the few technical people on the team. If so, depending on the type of stock being offered, if founder's stock, 5% seems to be a pretty well-liked number.
If a startup's success depends on the team, then you have to figure out whether or not the current team can pick up additional skilled people. If you're the first technical hire, most likely you will be responsible for gathering a team (though not always). But in either case, you are directly responsible for the value of that stock.
Are you willing to give it everything and make that 1.25% be worth something? Or are you going to sit and rely on hope & expectation?
It is a very small company of 3 founders and myself. Two founders and myself are technical. I am in charge of all things web related. Including public site, client portal, admin portal, web services, REST API, database design, and fun things like that.
It is a big leap for me because I am currently employed, and jumping into a startup company, taking large pay cut, is quite a risk.
If a startup's success depends on the team, then you have to figure out whether or not the current team can pick up additional skilled people. If you're the first technical hire, most likely you will be responsible for gathering a team (though not always). But in either case, you are directly responsible for the value of that stock.
Are you willing to give it everything and make that 1.25% be worth something? Or are you going to sit and rely on hope & expectation?
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