If you are brutally honest with yourself, what drives this discussion? Does it really have to do with who contributes more, or is it about what I feel I need to maintain my life style? Is it about experience, or is it about believing you are more competent (or they are less competent)?

Also, expenses (salaries) eat into the distributable profits and how do those get divided up at the end? Would you give your partners a higher percentage of the profits based on your higher salary? Or do you think that the profits should be divided up equally?

Do you think creating a strong salary hierarchy will help you all to achieve more or less?

Who is taking the most risk? How are they compensated for that?