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duped 84 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 1% Equity for Founding Engineers Is BS

1% at seed is not going to stay 1% at the first raise after dilution

malisper 84 days ago | [–]

The 50k/yr value of the 1% equity already prices in future dilution. Just because the equity is going to be less than 1% in the future doesn't mean it's not worth $50k/yr today

rgbrgb 84 days ago | [–]

If you have proven yourself indispensable then it definitely can via additional grants.

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