Palantar

Yeah, we did everything through Clerky which is recommended in the Y Combinator lecture I mentioned ( http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17b_executi... ) - which unfortunately is the same lecture that states quite strongly that you should always be paying minimum wage...

And then the counter to my counter-example that I don't know is whether or not it still counts as at least 20% interest if at least 20% of the interest hasn't vested yet...

I may have actually found a legal reason for this. I found an "Exemption for Executive Employees" - http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17b_executi... - wherein it appears to me (also not a lawyer) that anyone who owns at least 20% interest in a company is exempt from minimum wage requirements. Since everyone involved owns more than 20% I think this one is good enough for me!

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