It sounds like you’re treating startup shares as something more than lottery tickets. Pretend you’re getting zero shares, and there’s 50% chance the startup wil

It sounds like you’re treating startup shares as something more than lottery tickets. Pretend you’re getting zero shares, and there’s 50% chance the startup will fail within the next couple of years. Do you still want to work there? For me the answer was yes, and I work for a startup - with no illusions.