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| Ask HN: How much did you earn as an employee from an exit? | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2011 | 202 points by twidlit | fundraising & equity | original thread | | ||
If you joined a startup before as an employee, how much did you earn out when it exited? | ||
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| steve8918 Oct 1, 2011 | on: VC Decries Airbnb’s Recent Funding for Founder Control and… | context |
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amirmc Sep 5, 2011 | on: Should You Join a Startup? The Answer Is Increasingly Yes | context
While I like the article, a couple of things stood out for me. "…the investors are likely to want to pull you to another rocketing startup." I think this is only true if you actually get to interact with the investors and information is shared. If not, there's no reason the investors know you apart from anyone else. "Oh, and you might also get rich while at it by being one of the early employees with options to show for it. But consider that only as an extra gravy on top." This has been discussed a lot recently and folks should also read the related HN threads. IMHO startups should not really be saying this kind of stuff. It's a little disingenuous. Previous HN thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2958766 |
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| recommended by 2 users | 2012 | 633 points by jgrahamc | original thread | | ||
You should probably read this prescient thread a few weeks back. If you go through the comments, the majority of early employees got screwed by the founders. The ones that benefited are the best-of-breed companies like AMZN, GOOG, etc. They took care of their employees.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2958766