> “go for cash not stock,” which is a good way to negotiate if you want to avoid downside risk I think significant amount of people would be fine with "just ri

> “go for cash not stock,” which is a good way to negotiate if you want to avoid downside risk I think significant amount of people would be fine with "just risk". They are not fine with risk plus malicious business practices - diluting stocks, delaying IPO indefinitely, creating different tiers of stocks with multipliers, preferential stocks for non-employees, etc.