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I recall a discussion where a founder kept insisting that a 10% offer for a pre-funding startup was beyond standard and that I should be lucky to get such an offer.. the experience left a bad taste in my mouth.

Ultimately, this individual needed someone to shape and build the core of their product and the net of a series B would have been at most a wash compared to current employment.



They're not wrong though? 10% is more late cofounder territory, you won't find anyone giving up so much equity for an early employee.


A pitch deck in ppt does not make a company. It really wouldn’t/couldn’t have been an employee type of relationship.




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