Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Sam Altman thinks it's 1.5%[1]

I really liked another blog post by Sam about equity distribution as a startup grows: "a company ought to be giving at least 10% in total to the first 10 employees, 5% to the next 20, and 5% to the next 50"[2]

Quora has anecdotal evidence that 0.5 - 1.0% is common[3]

[1] http://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-hire

[2] http://blog.samaltman.com/employee-equity

[3] http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-typical-amounts-of-equity-...



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: