Because you can get in early and cash out at a huge return with lower capital gains tax - to reward you for taking the risk) Even boring big companies in the U

Because you can get in early and cash out at a huge return with lower capital gains tax - to reward you for taking the risk) Even boring big companies in the UK have returned 400% over 5 years with some of their share scheme's - a successful ipo where you have shares early on can produce life changing amounts of return. One VC backed company I worked for back in 2000 everyone was at one point a $Millionaire if only the coop movement wasn't so stick in the mud :-)