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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:19PM (#12415526)
One. can confirm!
Re:How Startup Options and Ownership Work on Friday August 26, 2016 @06:23PM (#12369721)
AND on another note, I've noticed some founders want to put you on a 5 or even 6 year vesting schedule.

I should go back to welding.

Re:How Startup Options and Ownership Work on Friday August 26, 2016 @02:46PM (#12368381)
I used to be bitter about stuff like this but I've gotten over it.

The chances of getting wealthy by joining a small startup are very small. It happens, but it's probably not going to happen for you.

If you really want to do well, you have to pull together the resources to start a successful company.

On a different note, I used to work for an almost billionaire, they were incredibly cheap. I often reminded myself that you don't make a billion dollars by wasting money!

Re:How Startup Options and Ownership Work on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:10PM (#12362885)
At the last 4 startups I joined, when I asked about number of shares, valuation, etc after getting my options agreement, the owners treated the info like the nuclear launch codes, or that I was asking something deeply personal and I should feel bad about thinking about asking.

Note: I am poor.

Re:The Genius of James Brown on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @12:42PM (#12345090)
This article is nearly a year old. The living situation in Venezuela, a year later, is much more dire now.
Re:WikiLeaks Has Officially Lost the Moral High Ground on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @04:00PM (#12176047)
I doubt whoever runs the wikileaks twitter account was unfamiliar with the history of the 3 parentheses thing. The 3 parentheses people are not doing this to overcome unicode issues.

Also who knows who runs the wikileaks twitter account. I find that a little creepy.

Perhaps DeRay feels a bit of brand loyalty to the Jack Dorset empire.