‘Document everything!’: Guy helps CEO build startup, gets cheated out of promised 15% shares before company launch

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    $ DOLLARS
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    Was promised shares in a startup and after 2 years of work, before the registration of the company, I got laid off saying I wasn't necessary
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    Was promised shares in a startup, worked 2 years and the day before registering the company got told I wasn't necessary
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    A psychologist from Warsaw wanted to make an app related to her field (she didn't even know what was necessary to make that, she had and still has 0 technical skills) I gave her advice, explained everything that was necessary,
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    prepared the business plan, how much everything should cost, made promotional videos and wrote down all the nice to have and must have. When she finally found
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    an investor (that has seen those videos and thanks to that she got the money) we started talking to an external software house that had to realize the app. I was present at every call, was even cited as CTO in many documents and the promised shares were 15%. Then
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    an external guy came in and she had some kind of affair with him and they called me to tell me I never did anything (I have proof via mail of every work I did for them)
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    and that I as CTO had to be below the COO (this new guy) and I wasn't gonna get any shares as I was more of a hired worker. I got mad and left the project. Past a month
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    they call me to make me sign some document where I had to accept 3000zł (750$ LMAO) for 2 years of work and agree to never want to perform legal actions against them. I said I wan't ok with that and they said it's all they can give me and that we worked together
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    me and that we worked together on that and I shouldn't ask for a payment as we worked simultaneously (■does that mean? Idk but whatever).
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    What do you advice? In this case I spoke to a lawyer, and have to gather evidence and write down the approximate hours of work I put into it. Anyone had a similar situation?
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    (The day after I left the project they registered the company and my shares went to that new guy) Can't tell more as I signed an NdA.
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    Hobnail-boots 1 day ago If you didn't get your "promise of shares" in writing, you didn't get a promise of shares.
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    chtulu- OP 1 day ago I have a video call of her admitting to it
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    Hobnail-boots 1 day ago Save & document everything!
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    chtulu- OP 1 day ago Fortunately before I got that info from them, I started doubting and have every call recording and everyhting went through mail ;) The thing is I'm 25, I'm a little scared of suing as I don't have that experience and many people scare me off
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    saying if I lose I'll have to pay lots of money etc. Now, I'm pretty confident I have all that it takes, but how much recompensation can I ask for? Once I declined a job offer as a backend developer
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    where I could have got 16000zł/month and she told me recently it was just my choice to decline (even tho she was immensely grateful till I was necessary)

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