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How much salary do seed stage founders, who have raised 1.5 mn, typically draw?

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How much salary do seed stage founders, who have raised 1.5 mn, typically draw?- Grapevine

Question : 
Are founders allowed to draw salary from Seed funding?

Founder Salary

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Looking for insights on stocks+cash package for a co founder role (handling all things non tech). The company has raised 1mil pre series.

What is the salary of a Co-founder for pre series start up

Co-Founder

Anupam Mittal was shocked to know that the founders of Nasher Miles take 5-7 lakhs per month per founder

Is that alot? What has been y'all experience?

Is 5-7L per month in hand alot?

Principal Software Engineer

I am an ex founder, recently left my company. I don’t seem to have the courage to start again and don’t feel like have any skills . I’ve been consulting some startups on fundraise, should I try building an investment banking company ?

I don’t know if that is what I want to do.

Ex founder looking for career advice

Founder

I have 6 years experience. My current base/fixed is 60 LPA. (I also got a 5 lakh bonus and 5 lakh of my ESOPs vested this year making my total vested about 30 lakh. So the total comp is 70). 

I'm being offered a senior engineer position in an early stage startup (as part of the founding engineer team). They haven't given an offer yet.

Being early stage, the emphasis will most likely be on ESOPs. How do I evaluate this and set my expectations? (If I were to switch to a mature company, I believe the hikes usually are between 15-20%? How does this work for early stage startups?)

Salary expectation at early stage startup

Software Engineer

Have been interviewing, what should my expectations be? Have 5 years of experience in product in edtech, eCommerce.

Salary at seed stage startup for 2nd PM

𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱.

Investor

Hiring for a bunch of roles for an early stage startup. Salaries of people who have been laid off is through the roof

2-3 years experience asking for 30-40l and while we chose not to judge the experience and spoke to a few of them, most of them are not even worth half of the pay. 

Many are jobless since last 2-3 months and none of them are willing to take a paycut of even 5-6L and are willing to stay jobless ( probably have a ton of savings )

Market correction is necessary.

Roles : PM, software engineers, generalists

What's wrong with salaries

If you are paid less, don’t extrapolate it on others. If they are willing to wait, let them. You should keep praying for “corrections”.

What is the typical salary founders draw in Indian VC funded startups?

Software Developer

willl try my best to be honest, ask me anything

AMA - I work at a VC fund

Analyst

Do seed stage companies have funds to cover salaries like these?

How much cash in the bank have you earned through ESOPs (not the value on paper)

It would be helpful if you could also mention the time period in which it was earned, the funding stage of the company when you joined and at what role did you join, yoe.

Evaluating an offer from a seed stage startup.

Earning through ESOP

Product Owner

How much does a core team member gets in equity in an early stage startup?

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My current comp is around 45lpa and 30lpa in stocks. 

A seed stage startup is offering me 30lpa in cash and 25lpa in stocks. 

I really feel that this startup can go places. Any advise?

Should I join a seed stage startup?

Data on founder Salaries in India 

https://inc42.com/features/founder-salaries-tracker-fy23-amid-the-funding-winter-how-much-did-startup-founders-earn/

List of Founder Salaries in India

Growth Manager

Which one is better for someone without an idea but highly interested in starting up?

Entrepreneur First VS Antler Residency

Tell me how significant, payscale and wealth generation for founders usually is- are they able to live a good sustainable life(0.75-1 LPM spends) after Seed/Pre series A. Monetary incentives are definitely a factor and how well does it pan out for early founders? Are they able to spend time shopping or going on vacations randomly?

Early stage founder's opportunity cost

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Got a following message from a strong founder:

"For the part-time role, we require 20 hours of work per week, and for full-time, we expect 40 hours of work per week.

We are currently raising Seed to launch our product, and while the challenge is significant, the impact you can make is also substantial. Currently, none of our team members receive a salary and work for future equity, and you would be in the same situation. However, as we raise more funds (which we have already started to do), we plan to pay market wages. This is standard practice for pre-seed startups."

What do you guys think?

Need advice for a founding member role

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