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by Pound6F 5257 days ago
The last part should be stressed. If you are just out to make money don't join a startup. Even employee #1 (after the cofounders) in most startups will get next to nothing in a multi-million dollar buy out. I witnessed this first hand a few months ago. People who joined the company extremely early and worked their asses off for 4 years got very little when the company sold for 20mm.

Of course money isn't everything, and the real reward in joining a startup early is to have a huge impact on the company, and potentially the world.