> because there is likely to be more financial benefits? I don’t think this is true for the vast majority of startup employees though. Maybe the founders get s

> because there is likely to be more financial benefits? I don’t think this is true for the vast majority of startup employees though. Maybe the founders get some crazy return 10 years down the line if they’re lucky. Most everyone else would earn the same or less if there is a successful sale as they’d have at a “normal” company. And if there is no successful sale, they’d have earned less.