Maximoff: Belkins grants zero employee equity, opting for revenue sharing instead
Michael Maximoff · Professional Services Playbook: How we used services to bootstrap our way to $3m in SaaS revenue · Oct 26, 2022 · at 15:52
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Michael Maximoff, co-founder of B2B lead generation agency Belkins, discusses the company's cap table and compensation model.
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“So this is how the cap table looks for us. So we don't give away equity to anyone. So me and my partner, so the way it works is the way it works is we are purely performance based and revenue sharing base.”
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