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Re:Who pays when startup employees keep their equity? by vinceguidry on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @08:07PM (#12040391)
You're still taking a risk, only you're betting with your time and not money.
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Re:Who pays when startup employees keep their equity? by rhizome on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @10:58PM (#12040934)
Actually it was only 7 months and I still got ripped in the deal. You can say "low risk, low reward," but in the big picture my reward was sorely out of scale to my contribution. Sorely.
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