> At the point where a startup is being valued at 800M (and therefore raising rounds of ~100M?) are the founders still making 150k? Yes. > At this point, woul

> At the point where a startup is being valued at 800M (and therefore raising rounds of ~100M?) are the founders still making 150k? Yes. > At this point, wouldn't your business have hundreds of employees? Also yes. Why does this imply you'd be making more than $150k? In most places outside of SV, $150k is enough to qualify as "Affluent".