Ask HN: Giving up 50% equity in a seed round
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>Is that fair?
No.
This happens in North Africa and the Middle East with smart young, native, people.
I know students in these countries who're making more freelancing with small programming tasks.
$24,000 over two years for 50% of the company. It's not money. It's not even smart money. They could earn more elsewhere as a salary and get more elsewhere as founders, including the social proof of association with respectable shops.
There are people whose roots are from a place but are established elsewhere (Europe) who'll prey on these inexperienced people. I'm advising everyone I know not to fall for this. Life is too short. They're better off working for someone else with a high paying job than to believe charlatans.
Ask me how I know.
No.
This happens in North Africa and the Middle East with smart young, native, people.
I know students in these countries who're making more freelancing with small programming tasks.
$24,000 over two years for 50% of the company. It's not money. It's not even smart money. They could earn more elsewhere as a salary and get more elsewhere as founders, including the social proof of association with respectable shops.
There are people whose roots are from a place but are established elsewhere (Europe) who'll prey on these inexperienced people. I'm advising everyone I know not to fall for this. Life is too short. They're better off working for someone else with a high paying job than to believe charlatans.
Ask me how I know.
I'm thinking about it more as a 2-year fellowship. I would be screening for high achievers with perhaps not so great ideas. The belief is that they could figure things out in 2 years.