The Open Guide to Equity Compensation

Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by goldchainposse on Sunday April 13, 2025 @08:03PM (#43676834)

I was a hired early to a startup (my hiring manager was the CEO) that's now public and worth $10B+ that you've heard of. It took them over 10 years to go public, and I would have done just as well putting my money in FAANG, but with lower risk and more liquidity.

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by LPisGood on Sunday April 13, 2025 @08:15PM (#43676892)

Well to be fair 10+ years ago it’s hard to find too many dollar for dollar investments that beat MAAMA.

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by goldchainposse on Sunday April 13, 2025 @09:48PM (#43677367)

True! But it's crazy that the risk, successful startup didn't even beat established tech for returns.

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by ikiris on Monday April 14, 2025 @05:28PM (#43686519)

It isn’t crazy, it’s that startups are just that bad of an investment when averaged out. You have better odds playing the lottery.

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