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Why not? The financial terms could be roughly identical. Having your users be your stockholders seems like a huge advantage in a lot of ways.
by staunch 11y ago
Why not? The financial terms could be roughly identical. Having your users be your stockholders seems like a huge advantage in a lot of ways.
- foobarqux 11y ago> The financial terms could be roughly identical. In what way would giving away shares to employees be the same as keeping them as an asset of the company?
- staunch 11y agoThey're already going to sell the equity to someone. Airbnb could sell equity to its users instead of private equity groups.
- jdoliner 11y agoCompanies generally expect to get a lot more than just money from their early investors. This is definitely a nifty idea for giving people an incentive to participate in a nascent 2 sided market. However it's not quite a no brainer as you're describing, there are trade offs here.
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