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Re:FanDuel founders to receive no cash from sale to Paddy Po... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 08, 2018 @03:03PM (#17485490)
> people should choose real liquid equity of public companies over the paper equity of startups

Or ask for more cash.

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Re:FanDuel founders to receive no cash from sale to Paddy Po... by dawnerd on Sunday July 08, 2018 @03:13PM (#17485552)
Did that once. Turned out to be the right move as the company went public and their stock worth basically nothing by the time we could sell.
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Re:FanDuel founders to receive no cash from sale to Paddy Po... by Bahamut on Sunday July 08, 2018 @03:04PM (#17485501)
Agreed, but public companies also often will give more of that too :) .
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Re:FanDuel founders to receive no cash from sale to Paddy Po... by cortesoft on Sunday July 08, 2018 @03:03PM (#17485498)
The most liquid of compensation.
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