El Chamaa secured 25% Appointlet equity after doing pro bono SEO
Rami Shama · EP 557: Appointlet Hits $35k MRR, Co-Founders Because of Reddit Helping 1100 Customers Schedule with Rami El Chamaa · Feb 1, 2017 · at 7:46
Rami El Chamaa discusses how he negotiated his initial equity stake with Appointlet creator Jared Morris after providing search engine optimization support.
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“I did not ask for anything at the beginning. So I just I just, I was doing some SEO on the website and like at one point like I was doing some work and I thought, I mean, I should get compensated. So we said like what'd you say? I get 25% of the business.”
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