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Originally Posted by jaydorn
At the end of the day I'd look at my time/compensation as an investment, separate of the work being asked of you. If this same group approached you and said "hey, here's our idea, here's our company, are you interested in investing?" what would the answer be?
To me equity like this is kind of an all or nothing partnership, either you're all in with what the company is doing and want a piece of it, or you're only interested as an employee/vendor. You want them to succeed, but it's not your skin the game.
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If you're going to look at it from that perspective, I would then ask for stocks, and not stock options in-lieu of direct salary compensation. Stock options are too variable in value and at the whim of the directors. Stocks do have financial/tax implications, but they are at least a known quantity. Stock options are the vaporware of the investment world.