> The VC-backed company model isn't set up for employees. The model is so that (a) founders can take risks (b) using money from VCs (c) where if the company doe

> The VC-backed company model isn't set up for employees. The model is so that (a) founders can take risks (b) using money from VCs (c) where if the company does well, the founders and VCs both become richer. Does this mean that stock options are not a measure of risk taken by the employee into the company? You mean the stock options are just like cash? I didn't think so. The employee is invited to take risks but without the protections.