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> That’s because you can’t buy culture. Well maybe you can - by giving everyone significant equity - but no one is willing to write that cheque.
by AlexandrB 6y ago
> That’s because you can’t buy culture.
Well maybe you can - by giving everyone significant equity - but no one is willing to write that cheque.
- LunaSea 6y agoBecause no VC would touch that company with a 10 foot pole and with reason.
- Analemma_ 6y agoSure, we all understand why it has to be this way. Doesn't change the fact that I'm never going to feel emotional loyalty to a startup that I know is giving me as little equity as it can get away with (and what there is will probably be whittled away by dilution, sketchy clawback terms, etc.) Loyalty is a two-way street.
- Apocryphon 6y agoMaybe, even on a forum like YC's HN, we should think beyond VCs.
- missedthecue 6y agoThere are only 100 percents
- NoOneNew 6y agoMoney and equity are not culture or especially family. You find out your real family when you are down and out. Those that still care for you when they have no incentive to are your true family. Not the people who only stick around when things are great and glorious. Generally speaking, there is never a "family" in a business. You are all there to make money, period.