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Founder Salary Report by Pilot.com — Salary data from founders across the globe
"What should I be paying myself?” is one of the most common questions founders ask, and it’s hard to find good data. So we surveyed founders from across the globe to get ranges, averages, and distributions to help get this question answered.
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@html5cat *Generally* not—what we tend to see is that in the early days your equity comp is significant (and hopefully the business has appreciated in value significantly, so you're covered that way.) Having said that, everything depends on your exact situation!
This seems like a fantastic resource for startup founders. Thanks for sharing @waseem_daher and team!
Super helpful—simplifies a stressful part of being a founder. Thanks @waseem_daher and team!
Thanks for building this @waseem_daher—always useful to have this benchmark and see we're middle of the pack :)
@embirico Alex, you're a top quartile founder and should be paying yourself accordingly, let me know if I can talk to your investors :) :)
👋 Hi, Product Hunt!
I'm Waseem, cofounder and CEO at Pilot.com, and one of the creators of the Founder Salary Report 💸
Why did we make this?
At Pilot.com, we specialize in accounting, tax, and CFO needs for startups 🏦. One of the most common questions we hear from founders is: “What should I be paying myself?" 🤔 And as a three-time startup founder myself, I was stumped to not have a really solid answer. There just isn’t good data here that’s publicly available.
So we changed that: we surveyed over 500 founders to capture that data for you. 📊📈 There’s no magic number 🎱 for what you should be paying yourself, but we hope this report serves as a useful guide in discussing compensation with your cofounders 👯 and investors 👩💼🕴️
We’d love to get your feedback. We’ll be around all day answering questions, so feel free to comment here or email me directly at waseem@pilot.com
P.S. 🌎 Thanks to all the founders who participated in the survey—this is quite a rare snapshot of real-world data gathered from founders across the globe. ✨😊
P.P.S. 🤭 As another little offering for the PH community, if you have a startup and you’re looking for help with accounting, tax, or CFO services, the first 100 folks from PH that sign up with Pilot will get 20% off 💰 their first six months of Pilot Core, if you use this link: https://pilot.com/offer/producthunt
We work with literally thousands of startups and are backed by Sequoia, Stripe, and Jeff Bezos—so you’re in good hands. 🚀🚀
Looks great Waseem! Founder salaries are challenging to figure out, and it's so nice to have this resource!
Congratulations for the launch.Will you keep your data updated every other weeks and introduce new companies as well?
@varunrazora We'll update it every year! (We did a 2021 report and this is the 2022 version.)
Nice report;)
Next time show India altogether differently rather than clubbing it with ‘other international’. This would give a more detailed report regarding the salaries of founders worldwide.
In India the cost of living is really low.
@syed_waqar_ahmed Definitely agreed—I'm optimistic that in the next iteration we can get even more data points, so that we can do some of these additional country breakouts!
Love pilot, and thrilled to get a copy of this report. We (bit.io) have used pilot since our inception and it's worth every penny. The CFO service is also great!
Great Product.
Congrats on the launch. 🥳
I also launched the Digital Product Kit.
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