Comment by thecleaner
6 years ago
I mean this is really not talked about more frequently. At this point, with all the shady tactics that most startups now pull, it would appear that only an idiot would really want to be swindled this way. Furthermore, this is not something that will go away since with less IPOs actually being successful and a mature tech market, hoarding the most value you can from your company seems to be in vogue these days.
It's the leading response on HN to the topic, so I'd say it's talked about frequently.
> Furthermore, this is not something that will go away since with less IPOs actually being successful and a mature tech market
You’re implying that less successful IPOs mean less liquidity options for private company employees. That increasingly isn’t the case as private markets opens up to sales of startup equity. Success is no longer the same as an IPO and the number of companies that are becoming successful and the cumulative value in those companies are both increasing