Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the ground up

Re:Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the gro... by cncrnd on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @07:02AM (#17449149)

I thought the expectation was for VC funded CEOs to take low salaries. How often do they sell equity in fundraising rounds and/or take decent salaries (500k+)?

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Re:Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the gro... by kolpa on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @06:49PM (#17454194)

> decent salaries (500k+)?

Oh, HN.

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Re:Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the gro... by gadders on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @08:53AM (#17449716)

I think they are encouraged to in later rounds by some VCs: https://bothsidesofthetable.com/should-founders-be-allowed-t...

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Re:Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the gro... by yawz on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @08:47PM (#17460223)

> take decent salaries (500k+)

Now, seeing this, I would totally settle for some "unsatisfactory" $450K. :)

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Re:Founder to CEO: How to build a great company from the gro... by cncrnd on Thursday July 05, 2018 @07:43PM (#17467827)

Heh. I mean decent for someone who has the skill to pull lots of VC money.

They are probably good at rising up the ladder in some company, that's a reasonable upper management salary for them there.

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