[aetherson]

My career has involved working at an e-healthcare startup (like 25 people), then NetSuite pre and post IPO (probably no longer a startup), then a tiny startup that folded after 6 months, then a 20 person startup, then a 60 person startup.

So 4 definitely honest-to-god startups, and one post-startup. The only one I didn't get raises and equity refreshes at was the tiny startup that folded after six months -- because it didn't exist long enough to have a compensation cycle.

I don't think this was exceptional. I very much take exception to "very few" startups doing equity refreshes, raises, etc. Some may not. Most do.