[hsparikh]

IMO two aspects you must look at carefully are: the startup company, and the team. You obviously joined a startup because you believed in the founders, and what they are building. Does that still hold true? What kind of advisors and investors does your current company have on board, vs. what kind of advisors and investors are behind the other companies?

Also, more importantly, do you like working with you current team? Are you learning from them, and do you folks get along well? Not all teams are built the same, and there is a chance that you might not gel so well with team at your new company.

Also, in the long run, equity stake > base salary, for obvious reasons. If you truly believe in the company and want to work hard to make it grow or towards an exit, your additional equity stake could make all the difference. The way valuations are going these days, they will change pretty quickly.

[djb_hackernews]

> Also, in the long run, equity stake > base salary, for obvious reasons

huh? I think you have that backwards. In the long run very few people get the pay day they imagine when it comes to equity.

Here is a guy making $110K less than his market worth. Say he cashes out in a conservative 5 years. That's on average $550K he hasn't made.

Suppose the valuation is 50M that means he would need 1% stake in the company, just to break even!! And I highly doubt he has more than 1% equity from the sounds of the size of the company.