A start-up offers an equity stake rather than an hourly/salary position? Feedback would be great. Thanks.
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#2Here are the basic mechanics: http://paulgraham.com/equity.html
EDIT: The only other thing I can think of is that you need to make sure you're equally protected against dilution (like what happened to Eduardo Saverin), I don't really know how this usually works.
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#3I would tend to look for the exit because you can't live on the dangling equity carrot.