[ghiculescu]

In a young startup, that’s easy: no dividends and no perks.

[yrgulation]

Would be nice to have data available on this.

[scient]

If the company is not public, there are no dividends. Crazy that stuff like this needs to be explained on a tech site.

[dcow]

This is not strictly true. A company can pay dividends if it's profitable at any point in time. Whether it's publicly traded doesn't matter. Whether it's a good idea or not is another question.

[yrgulation]

I am pretty sure in europe there are. Crazy that stuff like diversity among countries has to be explained on a tech site.

[earth_walker]

Here in Canada private companies can and do pay dividends to their shareholders.

[yrgulation]

Well exactly.

[ghiculescu]

All of this depends on the company being profitable, which young startups typically aren't and probably shouldn't be.