Ask HN: founders wants me to join for just equity, how much should I ask for? 27 yogibear 16 years ago 40 comments
One other advice I got is to strive to stay with ~3-4% after all dilutions, which should be estimated as being diluted 1/3 for three times. so to stay with 3% i should start with 10.5% (->6.9% => 4.6% => 3%).
One other detail I didn't mention is that they want me to keep my day job (me salary paying job i currently have), until the first round (seed money). Currently the three of them also keep their day job, so we are all kind of equal on that aspect.
Regarding the founders abilities, they have design/biz dev/ceo experience.