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		source99 on Jan 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014) Sounds like a bad idea to negotiate equity after the project "takes off". Someone is going to be pissed off in that scenario.

vladimirralev on Jan 1, 2014 [–]

This. You can't wait for the risks to dissolve and then put the guy who made it happen in a severely weakened negotiation position. I mean, you can, but it's unethical.

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