nickFaraday

Ok, so I have a life long friend who is starting his own business and needs some help (website, biz setup, basic accounting, etc) and wants to give me a small percentage of the company in exchange.

Really, I would do it for free, so I'm not worried about getting anything from him financially for my time... if things work out and I see a return so be it.

My concern is, as lets say a 10% owner/share holder, with two other partners what liabilities do I have? I will not be involved in day-to-day operations and at 10% have very little legal input as to what they do as a company. (Although I would server in an advisory roll)

If things were to go south how do I protect myself? I own my own business (which is my livelihood) and don't want any thing that they do affecting what I am able to do with my business. Really I am looking to protect myself from a worst-case scenario.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi HN,

I'm currently in the process of evaluating Ad Networks to provide revenue for my site. There are so many out there some free, some pay, some new, some old. I'm not even sure where to start!

Any fellow HN readers have any suggestions?

My Ideal network would have:

1. Base level of add track / performance metrics.

2. Geo Specific Ad targeting abilities.

3. Ability to sign up my own Advertisers.

4. Sales Force help. (Sales people to help sell space)

5. Flex banner size (Ability to post different sizes of ads)

Is there a service out there like this?

Thanks