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Looking at the list: http://yclist.com http://yclist.com There are not so much YC companies that have exits. Having equity in bigger ones like airbnb, dropbox o
by negrit 12y ago
Looking at the list: http://yclist.com http://yclist.com There are not so much YC companies that have exits. Having equity in bigger ones like airbnb, dropbox or stripe is worth peanuts until they either go public or get acquired
YC company or not, taking a lot of equity for a lower salary it's still a gamble. At the end it's a matter of you believing the team you're joining can make it big or not.
- tomasien 12y agoThat list is not accurate for what it's worth - several notable exits missing (justin.tv a huge one). Also bear in mind the data you're missing on that is how fast the "dead" startups died. Startups that died quickly didn't have a big impact on the employees lost opportunity cost.
- pbreit 12y agoThere's a pretty good market for non-public equity these days.
- kasey_junk 12y agoUnless I am a severe outlier I'd take that with a giant bit of skepticism. I've never had an options agreement that didn't require company approval to sell & I've never seen that given except for specific restructuring reasons.
- pbreit 12y agoMost billion dollar companies can be traded without much difficulty. I've done 3 txns.
- maaku 12y ago> YC company or not, taking a lot of equity for a lower salary it's still a gamble. At the end it's a matter of you believing the team you're joining can make it big or not. Thanks to Second Market this is no longer true.