equitylottery

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   by equitylottery 8y ago

   I started out with around 1% of a company that's now valued at a few 100 million dollars. I just don't see it going public and if we do get acquired I'm not sure I'll see much of it after the investors get paid.
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   by equitylottery 8y ago

   I'm also rich on paper.
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   by equitylottery 8y ago

   Startup equity is like a shitty lottery ticket that you most likely won't be able to cash out even if you get lucky. I passed up on google to be one of the first employees at a promising startup that ended up raising high 8 figures and