I'm solo-founder and everything goes good for now. But I'm very stressed now and I think it would be better if I would have a co-founder. Our startup is ready and already launched 2 month ago. I found a good guy, that I think he can help me to grow our startup. Now he asks what part of my startup I'm going to give him.<p>I can't decide how much percent equity should I give him.<p>He is startup-savvy guy, knows SEO, online marketing strategies, online business growth-hacking etc. No coding skills.<p>Our startup is SaaS but our business model isn't on recurring revenue. Clients make one time payments.<p>Margin profit now: 80% revenue (team= me(founder)+3 employee+ 2 long-time freelance developers + tax)<p>Real revenue in first 2 months:<p>Oktober - 1st month – 1230 $<p>November - 2nd month – 9820 $<p>Revenue Prediction :<p>3rd month – 11000$<p>4th month – 20000 $<p>5th month – 25.000 $<p>6th month – 35.000$<p>7th month – 40.000$<p>8th month – 45.000$<p>9th month – 50.000$<p>10th month – 55.000$<p>11th month – 70.000$<p>12th month – 80.000$<p>13th month – 90.000$<p>December 2015 – 14th month – 100.000$<p>Total Revenue on end of 2015: 662.050 $
There isn't a formula that will work for everyone. It heavily depends on the company, it's niche, it's potential of growth, personalities of owners, and much more.<p>If you are looking for a simple formula, here is one that I see regularly on HN:<p>Will you pay him a salary, or just equity?<p>If it's just equity, %50, with vesting.<p>If it's salary, than between %0 and %50, with vesting.
You do not give us enough data to help you. What difference will that person make?<p>A real cofounder should get 10-50%. But first, you should work together for 1-3 months minimum. Once you know you are a good fit, vesting will protect you. Remember that 40% vesting over 4 years isn't that much if you fire your cofounder after one year for lack of performance. That's really just 10% equity for a full year of work, not bad for you. And if it works out, everyone is happy.