Every startup is different. They differ in expected working hours, stability, compensation, equity, impact, mission, etc. Imo, most of these dimensions overlap

Every startup is different. They differ in expected working hours, stability, compensation, equity, impact, mission, etc. Imo, most of these dimensions overlap with bigger corps. except impact: it is much easier to have a lot of impact at a startup. Some of the other commenters have mentioned startups with low stability, low equity, low compensation, and high expected working hours. I wouldn't want to work there. But I am at a startup with 40 hrs expected / week, good compensation, high impact, and medium stability -- that is a good tradeoff for me.