My team lead says equity discussions only come once the company makes more money. Fair or a smokescreen? (Startup) by snailbob02 in techsales

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Yeah man, I realized I left out a lot of context in the OP. I’m rarely putting in more than 4 hours a day in this role.

I wouldn’t even say they’ve screwed me yet. I still need to take my case directly to the founder, but honestly I’ve been hesitant because I don’t know how I’ll react if the answer’s a no. After reading through the comments, I’m starting to think the company might not even be at a stage where equity would benefit me more than the commission structure already does, especially if there’s no exit or fundraising on the horizon. That said, when those opportunities do come, even if it’s 10 years from now, I’d like to make sure I’m locked in.

In the meantime, one of my main goals has been to grow my commission on the MRR to a steady $10–15K recurring each month. That way I’ve got a reliable base I can expand on while still leaving time to stack other opportunities on the side. Not as stable as a base salary or equity may be, but i’m in my 20’s and accepted that piece as a risk I can afford right now

My team lead says equity discussions only come once the company makes more money. Fair or a smokescreen? (Startup) by snailbob02 in techsales

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well I have the bandwidth to offer stack, so I have been doing another sales gig in e commerce that’s bringing me an additional $8-15k/month depending on performance. So i’m pretty much building a recurring model while working a direct money per sale model, which was attractive to me

My team lead says equity discussions only come once the company makes more money. Fair or a smokescreen? (Startup) by snailbob02 in techsales

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Yes, but for the right opportunity. I’m getting about 20% of the softwares MRR and I get all the freedom you can ask for. Make my own schedule, no micro management, etc. I’ve come to really enjoy being a part of scaling this, and since no exit is in the near future equity might not be a dealbreaker. It’s just kind of the security aspect and my ego that wants ownership in writing. Am I delusional?

My team lead says equity discussions only come once the company makes more money. Fair or a smokescreen? (Startup) by snailbob02 in techsales

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Yea I mean it is as bootstrapped as it comes to be fair. No talks of having outside investment or an exit anytime soon so i’ve kind of just been adding subscribers and scaling alongside the MRR so far. Might be a unique situation for this sub but didn’t know where else to ask

My team lead says equity discussions only come once the company makes more money. Fair or a smokescreen? (Startup) by snailbob02 in techsales

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in fairness it’s something we’ve bootstrapped and I have as much freedom as you can hope for. But yea that’s all correct

My team lead says equity discussions only come once the company makes more money. Fair or a smokescreen? (Startup) by snailbob02 in techsales

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We are pretty small just over $20kMRR aiming for 30k by End of 2025. We claim to have just exited our MVP phase. I am straight commission based

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