Re:Just how much is that 2% really worth?
by IgorPartola on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:25PM
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There is a huge difference between making a startup succeed and a sale that pays out to you. A startup can get sold for lots of money but if during that sale your stock is not set up to be paid out, you lose. As an employee you can make a difference for whether the sale happens or not. You have very little control over how it happens.
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Seems like you're moving the goal posts. I acknowledged luck in the equation, but how the sale happens has a lot to do with the founders, that is the people you decided to fall in with. Again, it's different from a lottery ticket because you can have knowledge about the founders, their track record and there modus operandi. The average first time startup employee might not have a clue, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to gain good insight that you can apply in your decision to join as an employee.
Re:Just how much is that 2% really worth?
by IgorPartola on Thursday July 03, 2014 @11:05PM
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That is a fair point.