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If you’re focusing on the PRODUCT, why hire at all? If talent helps a company succeed and vesting helps acquire top talent, isn’t it worth considering?

Anecdotally, I know I consider expected value as part of TCO and vesting figures into that.

If you’re just looking to hire entry-level, generic, naïve talent (and this is YC, so perhaps that fits) then sure, do vanilla vesting. But you better hope you bring something else to the table, because talent isn’t going to be a competitive advantage.