Ask HN: What stake should I have in a company when I'm developing for free?

1 pointsby deevusvor 13 Jahren5 comments

I've been working on a website for some guys I know based on an idea they had. The premise was that I do it for free and I get to own part of the business when it goes live.

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? What % of ownership should I have?

This is not my idea, but I've spent 100's of hours developing their site for them while I've been on break from study.

3 comments

jasiekvor 13 Jahren

I guess the best way would be to agree on a chunk of biz before taking on any work.

deevusvor 13 Jahren

I've known one of the guys for over 10 years, and he has paid me promptly for odd jobs in the past.

I didn't see any reason to fear.

Gojjavor 13 Jahren

I would say split it with all of them IF you're in it together and they start to work with the site now (marketing and so on).

deevusvor 13 Jahren

It's looking like that is the most likely outcome. I just wasn't sure if I was selling myself short by letting it be an even split when I'm the one doing the hard yards right now.

radkiddovor 13 Jahren

50%