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• sparkzilla 11y ago
  Here's what I wrote at the time: So much nonsense in one article. If you think the "bar is so much lower" to becoming a founder then stop whining about being one of the forgotten early employees and get off your ass and start a company for the right reasons: finding a market opportunity and making money from it. If you can't or won't, then you can't expect the rewards. Early employees are important, and should be given credit and fair payment for their work, but their risk profile is far, far less than the founders and investors. Investors stand to lose their investment (which is an accumulation of work) and the founders can lose money, reputation, and time. In my last business I lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of my own money and five year's 24/7 sweat. Every employee walked away.