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curioustechie

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curioustechie··on Ask HN: What equity percentage for a co-founder joining after de-risking?
Sorry, I was being overly cagey.

As you correctly point out, the business has no customers. Wouldn't it be a less risky proposition if it had commitments from potential high-value customers?

(N.B. I said "less risky", not "risk-free".)

curioustechie··on Ask HN: What equity percentage for a co-founder joining after de-risking?
> As I can see there is no software and no revenue/customers.

Wouldn't changing one of those "no"s to "n potential" make the venture less risky?

curioustechie··on Ask HN: What equity percentage for a co-founder joining after de-risking?
Thanks for pointing out this option, it's one I hadn't fully thought through.

Could you explain what about the scenario makes you say that Alice sounds like a first employee rather than a co-founder?