[nkingsy]

Don’t they usually get a better stock package than the average new hire?

[gdbsjjdn]

In my experience what the founders usually get is a bigger locked up retention package. The investors want the cash, and the acquirer wants the founders to stay.

[mandevil]

The employees along for the ride on an acquihire? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends a lot on how generous the founder/target of the acquihire is.