Re:What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn
by imsofuture on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:18PM
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In fairness, employees are encouraged to think of it as zero value specifically when considering it in lieu of alternative compensation.
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Re:What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn
by mwpmaybe on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @01:25PM
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Right. It's quite the opposite of GP's sarcastic remark: founders want their employees to value their equity highly so they don't have to pay them as much. The advice in this thread is contrary to this. But yes, I've seen founders be stingy with equity during negotiation using this type of "logic," so the GP's point still stands.