Yes that should be the way because your friend represents the new account. So make a new account for him and reserve a stake from that account. You can send NXT from the same address as well (maximum 2 stake per address).
1 NEM share would have > 1 million NEM. So there are many to share. No need to buy a lot of stakes. Thanks for supporting NEM.
Thank you for clearing this up. I will get to it as soon as possible.
For the greedy it might be good for a while, but they will always lose out in the end. That's my philosophy and experience.