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Re:Another reason many startup founders are young - salary by vegashacker on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @03:45PM (#59522)
Not speaking from experience, but I believe that it's very common for founders to pay themselves a modest salary once they have received funding.
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Re:Another reason many startup founders are young - salary by jsjenkins168 on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @05:42PM (#59572)
I could see that being the case, especially after VC funding. I guess I would just personally have a problem with that, knowing I was increasing the burn rate of the company I'm trying to build. That money could be used to hire another good hacker.

But I'm not speaking from experience either.

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Re:Another reason many startup founders are young - salary by steve on Wednesday September 26, 2007 @02:47AM (#59745)
You could burn yourself out much faster with a $0 salary over a number of years though.
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