Ever wonder how much you should pay yourself or how much equity stake you deserve after getting that shiny new check from your favorite VC? Professor Noam Wasserman of HBS plus a host of consulting firms puts together an survey pretty much every year called Compensation and Entrepreneurship Report in Information Technology. You can find it at www.compstudy.com. Here are some of the interesting parts. . .

Most non-CEO founders end up in “Business Development” which quickly translate to “out of a job” within a year (j/k)

Blue is median, red is mean. Not sure if the number is total founder stake or for a single founder . . . but I’m guessing its a total number but the average # of founder is less than 2 . . .

Dark blue is non-founder, light blue is founder . . . founder equity share does vary with position . . .

The first graph is the average the second graph is founder who also holds the title. . . take away? Dont let VC’s convince you to take more than 15% less cash just because you have more equity . . . get what you deserve at market rate.