Start it early and it becomes part of the company's regular financials. Without salary you're going backward, which will also shorten your company's runway. And it is much harder to add it later.
Regards, Patrick Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Jason Seed <jasoncs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sam, > > Rule of thumb I recommend is "What you need to survive" at the angel stage, > which it appears you are talking about. > > IF they want to underpay that then you need a new investor. > > Jason Seed > 650 454 5311 > > >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:46 AM, sam de silva <samme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I can't recall if this topic has been raised on SBA. >> >> How do investors feel about covering salaries of founders? >> >> I am bootstrapping a some projects (looking at emerging markets and >> disrupting existing platforms) and am interested in bringing in an angel >> investor - so I can go more full time. But that would mean needing a >> livelihood to cover kids, mortgages and general life expenses - nothing >> extravagant. >> >> Are there any benchmarks out there on what typical angel investors are >> prepared to cover? Or preferably any experiences out there? >> >> Thanks and best, Sam. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more >> >> Forum rules >> 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. >> 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Silicon Beach Australia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
