or even just +$10k As someone who has been exactly there, this doesn't compensate for the lower salaries that are de rigeur in startups. Not to mention being a

or even just +$10k As someone who has been exactly there, this doesn't compensate for the lower salaries that are de rigeur in startups. Not to mention being an absolute insult compared to the employee's degree of contribution to the resulting event. "Better than nothing, or being underwater" is pretty thin gruel in practice.