In general VCs and investors are looking for folks who want to take the minimum salary necessary to live off of, while pumping every dime into the product. Of course most VCs are making $250-$1M in salary per year. That doesn't count their carry... that's just their base salary. here is what VCs generally do: 1. Pre-launch/Pre-revenue, 20-something founders: $50-100k 2. 30 something with two kids in private school: $…
I think this approach can lead to kill start-up potential at the beginning. A founder is an entrepreneur and if a company has no money - because of it has insufficient revenues - than the founders must deal with the fact to not touch their company bank reserve except for eating :)
So for #1 I would say: no income except for eating and sleeping. For my company - as a founder - I would do that way.
Massimo Sgrelli