This is why joining a startup as an early employee may not be a good idea. The founders' goals and your goals may be divergent.
At some point, the founders are already rich, or are guaranteed to be rich, and are looking for self-actualization or ego. To achieve that, they'll gamble your guaranteed payout by not selling--either because they want to remain "in charge" or they want to shoot for the moon.
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This is why joining a startup as an early employee may not be a good idea. The founders' goals and your goals may be divergent.
At some point, the founders are already rich, or are guaranteed to be rich, and are looking for self-actualization or ego. To achieve that, they'll gamble your guaranteed payout by not selling--either because they want to remain "in charge" or they want to shoot for the moon.