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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the kinds of companies in question normally don't have the capital to offer that kind of compensation. That's why I added the edit
by resu_nimda 14y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the kinds of companies in question normally don't have the capital to offer that kind of compensation. That's why I added the edit to my comment: the employees should certainly get to share in the reward as compensation for their risk.
- rayiner 14y agoThe whole point of this thread is that startups don't typically offer early employees enough equity to justify the combination of risk and often below-market salary.
- resu_nimda 14y agoRight. So my proposal is to offer more equity. Yours is a higher salary. I think we're mostly in agreement. My view is that a startup is inherently risky and unstable. I think it makes more sense for everyone to share fully in that (risk and reward), than for some employees to simply collect a paycheck. But that's how some talented people work, so I suppose you have to be flexible.