* The defining difference between Silicon Valley companies and almost every other industry in the U.S. is the virtually universal practice among tech companies

* The defining difference between Silicon Valley companies and almost every other industry in the U.S. is the virtually universal practice among tech companies of distributing meaningful equity (usually in the form of stock options) to ordinary employees. * While me may already be better than the rest of the country in this regard, we can definitely do a lot better than we do today. I'd be preaching to the choir so I'll refrain from elaborating on the equity compensation of single digit employees, but there must be a way to share the success more equally than we do today.