I think it's justifiable for employees to feel some amount of loyalty to the concept of the startup when they join it, since they are inevitably taking a signif

I think it's justifiable for employees to feel some amount of loyalty to the concept of the startup when they join it, since they are inevitably taking a significant amount of risk when joining an early-stage company (growth stage startups will be fine). What I don't get is how not many founders believe that loyalty is a two-way street - you should expect to be as loyal to your employees as you expect them to be to your startup.