[ryguytilidie]

I always find it funny when startup founders believe that they are taking on more "risk".

So when the company isn't doing well, the founder lays themselves off first right? No? Hm, seems like the rank and file employee takes on the risk there...

Not to mention that it's probably a lot easier for a founder to get another job than their employees. Oh and by the way, the founder has been paid more, has gotten more stock and has probably had investors pay for a lot more nice dinners/drinks than their employees.

But yeah, the founders deserve to be compensated much higher because of this "risk", yes indeed.

[sarciszewski]

As someone whose best friend started a business that is being grown organically (no seed money, no investors, no venture capitalist, just an idea), my perspective is probably different than most of HN's.

The risk he endured was literally starving. If it wasn't for us, he very well might have.