If this document resonates with you, that’s not an accident…
Finding information on CEO and executive pay for early stage startups is nearly impossible.
So, to make your life easier, we asked 250 founders and CEOs (doing between $3m - $100m in revenue) how much they pay themselves and their teams.
It's 100% free.
Here's what you'll learn:
So, to make your life easier, we asked 250 founders and CEOs (doing between $3m - $100m in revenue) how much they pay themselves and their teams.
It's 100% free.
Here's what you'll learn:
- The self-reported incomes of 250 CEOs and founders.
- Broken down by industry, company size, venture backed vs. bootstrapped and more.
- How much they pay their executive team: head of sales, HR, CTO, COO, and more.
- Other unique ways founders may get compensated (ex: credit card points)
- And insights into the data (spoiler: bootstrapped founders earn much more!)
We do surveys like this regularly because this information is nearly impossible to find online.
So, eat your heart out.
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Base salary, distributions, total pay, industry benchmarks, and what founders pay their senior teams. 250+ seven-figure founders, 19 industries.