[CLiED]

A judge might take your $50 billion options package if you incorporate there, a real risk to most of us.

[refulgentis]

Well, they might take it if you don't have an independent board of directors, that you browbeat into it, and some shareholders sue, and are able to substantiate that to a judge via a long legal case. In that case, you might be upset, but your investors won't be.

EDIT: Some facts are too dangerous to share, because of how they make people feel.

[toomuchtodo]

It is highly unlikely anyone here will ever have to worry about this problem, the odds are worse than winning the lottery [1] [2]. ~90% of startups end up in failure [3], for example.

[1] https://medium.com/@13032765d/the-chance-of-becoming-a-billi... | https://archive.today/CwENd

[2] https://medium.com/@RisingUnicorns/reality-of-95-startup-fai... | https://archive.today/NCzaX

[3] https://www.ycombinator.com/library/D0-startups-for-students

[new_user_final]

It's over $100 billion now (due to Tesla stock price increase)