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There's no one-size-fits-all on whether a "standard" startup scenario is going to have potential fastlane outcomes or not
- whether that outcome is a possibility for yourself is something that you have to assess based on the information available to you.
Can you make a lot of money? Sure, maybe.
Is a 4 month old not-yet-profitable investor-controlled company that you got invited to for a modest salary and equity stake going to be your final adventure before you ride off into the sunset in your mid 20s? Maybe, but the answer to that isn't baked into the numbers like this thread suggests, but rather the business itself, and is as much qualitative as it is quantitative. Again, too many factors here that only you have the perspective to assess, not the forum.
- whether that outcome is a possibility for yourself is something that you have to assess based on the information available to you.
- Yes, it is a numbers game, equity does ultimately matter. But "fastlane" isn't only about raw numbers, so it's only one piece to the puzzle
- Investors complicate things especially when you say that they have full control
- Trying to calculate a potential fastlane exit on a not yet profitable company where you have a limited equity stake is a fool's errand
Can you make a lot of money? Sure, maybe.
Is a 4 month old not-yet-profitable investor-controlled company that you got invited to for a modest salary and equity stake going to be your final adventure before you ride off into the sunset in your mid 20s? Maybe, but the answer to that isn't baked into the numbers like this thread suggests, but rather the business itself, and is as much qualitative as it is quantitative. Again, too many factors here that only you have the perspective to assess, not the forum.
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