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Re:Federal Reserve chair says decline in workers' share of p... by spookthesunset on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:47PM (#17554178)
The "if we had been taken out" is the key in your statement. Odds are very good your startup won't ever "be taken out" in a way that results in you getting the money you lost by not working for a big tech company.

The risk adjusted returns on startup stock options are so close to zero you might as well classify them as "winning the lotto".

Personally, I'm done with startups. They simply don't pay nearly what you'll get from working at the big boys.

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Re:Federal Reserve chair says decline in workers' share of p... by walshemj on Friday July 20, 2018 @02:55PM (#17577812)
Well it was a worker coop so there are some stronger laws governing that sort of company ie the employees directly owned the controlling interest.

Re being taken out if the coop movement was not stuck in the 19th century and embraced .coop properly it could have played out - and if ICANT weren't a bunch of xxxxx :-(

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