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Don’t work for pre-public companies, or be the founder. Non-founder roles in private companies are not rewarded.



> or be the founder.

or, ensure that there's SEC protection for pre-public companies' employees when/if they're issued stock. After all, issuance of stock is in lieu of compensation, so it is effectively an investment.

Since these employees are not "sophisticated or accredited" investors, there needs to be enough disclosure, and protection for them.

The best, and simplest, way to protect the employees is to grant stock with the same set of properties as founder's stocks. If there's dilution, the founders get diluted the same.


I was discussing what you, individually, can do today, rather than wishful thinking about how things should be.




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