startup_noob

Made this exact counteroffer last night. Thanks for validating my thoughts.

Any ideas on numbers? I'm pretty clueless when it comes to this and I'm afraid making too large of an ask will blow negotiations.

Honestly, I'd be a happy developer at $85k and 2% overall. But that's a huge step up from their offer.

Thanks Paul.

Exactly what abbasmehdi suggested. I could have a fruitful or, at least, profitable career for a few years at one of those companies.

This wouldn't be a billion dollar company. I give it a $30-40M exit.

Maybe you could suggest beyond 'neatness' what seems so fishy about it? I'm a wide open mind.

This is all looking forward. Of course, things look neater when it's all on paper...

What would you throw out as a reasonable amount of equity expect, given the situation?

They are highly committed to getting out and getting in front of customers. They love doing so. And yes, that's their job (they're hustling about town as we speak raising money). Like I said, they've already put on many unofficial events with future customers to rave reviews and demands for a full fledged product developed around it.

As the engineers, we'll be primarily engaged on the backend but all of us will be part of the experience (so I'll be at events, them too). :)

Any thoughts on the compensation portion of the deal?