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The OP's chance of being a $1bn+ valued company is unrelated to how many $1 bn startups have come out of KC.
by sockgrant 12y ago
The OP's chance of being a $1bn+ valued company is unrelated to how many $1 bn startups have come out of KC.
- argonaut 12y agoFor better or for worse, those chances actually are related, because the #1 source of >$1BB exits is being acquired by other billion dollar tech companies, most of which are heavily networked in SV.
- prostoalex 12y agoThat changes the negotiating perspective of the job seeker. If you're surrounded by a rather large number of companies in that range - http://graphics.wsj.com/billion-dollar-club/ http://graphics.wsj.com/billion-dollar-club/ - and are skillful enough to enjoy offers from multiple suitors, you're bound to do your analysis, perhaps employing some backchannel communication. If the theoretical maximum of company exit is in single millions, then spending time negotiating 0.25% vs 0.3% equity package is meaningless.