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Pair needed help. that's where dan enters the story. in lieu of a salary which they couldn't afford to pay, they gave him a stake in the company. >> he was doing a lot of work for us, but we felt the pressure to be protective of our equity. >> reporter: but they decided his work was worth more than just 10%. and that motivating him with ownership was more important than retaining equity themselves. so they gave him 20%. they didn't value the company at the time, which they should have, but looking back, david says the company was new and worth about nothing. >> he saw problems. he went and fix...

Msnbc. hi there, everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg, and welcome to "your business." today i want to start out the show by dealing with a tricky topic, equity. how do you divide it up amongst owners? when should you give it to your employees, and how much should you give away? to kick off the conversation, we turn to a young, fast-growing company who counts whole foods, vitamin shop and hundreds of small retailers among its clients. in the spirit of learning a thing or two about distributing equity, the company's owners gave us an honest assessment of what they did right and what they could have don...

Hi there, everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business." today, i want to start off the show by dealing with a tricky topic. equity. how do you divide it up amongst owners? when should you give it to your employees? and how much should you give away? to kick off the conversation, we turn to a young, fast-growing company, who count whole foods, vitamin shops and hundreds of small retailers among its clients. in the spirit of learning a thing or two about distributing equity the company's owners gave us an honest assessment of what they did right and what they could have done better....