Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good?

Re:Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good? by pg on Saturday March 12, 2011 @02:40PM (#2317305)

Don't measure the stock in money, but in percent. Sounds like you're being offered 2%. That's lowish but not terrible.

The real question is whether you want to join this company. Is it founded by a single, nonhacker founder? I would steer clear of those. Empirically they don't do well.

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Re:Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good? by pittip on Saturday March 12, 2011 @02:49PM (#2317322)

Its in fact a single, non-hacker founder. The investors seem to be bullish though.

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Re:Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good? by pg on Saturday March 12, 2011 @02:56PM (#2317342)

Are you hearing about their bullishness from him or them? And are they prominent investors, or noobs?

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Re:Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good? by pittip on Sunday March 13, 2011 @06:21AM (#2318890)

The company isn't a YC company. But the investors ar quite prominent people.

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Re:Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good? by DanielRibeiro on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @10:54PM (#2330512)

Are they profitable? Or do they have tons of users? Founders that learn to hack and create something people want are quite formidable people. Even if they take a step back into financing, hiring, and other CEO functions after more experienced hackers come in.

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Re:Ask HN: Offer to join a startup. Is this deal good? by pittip on Saturday March 12, 2011 @02:59PM (#2317352)

From him. Yes they are prominent.

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