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This is often what people think, but almost everyone I know at IPO'd places are at least partially vested. They want that sweet upside and for a while it works

This is often what people think, but almost everyone I know at IPO'd places are at least partially vested. They want that sweet upside and for a while it works and everyone is getting rich together. I had to work long and hard to convince a friend of mine to diversify at least half of his investments away from Shopify which was his only asset.

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seattle_spring 8y ago
That doesn't conflict with the real fact that most employees have most of their equity tied up as deferred compensation that they cannot sell until it vests.