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by ricardobeat 1471 days ago
I bet that employee didn’t have 50k in cash to invest in extremely high risk equity. Even people making 200k/year wouldn’t consider 50k a small amount (it’s almost half of your net). A higher-than-average salary is quite different from “getting rich”.
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> A higher-than-average salary

Sorry, I meant on exit. They built up more equity over the years through employment and cashed out. This wasn’t a blockbuster exit either.