or, someone will simply start your idea (assuming it's original and good) and be first to market. lots more nuances around first to market, but PG has a point. there's no right answer and it's all personal, but if you do have an awesome idea, and it makes sense financially for you, then there's no point in waiting X years. you're just throwing those years out. worst case, what, you get rejected from funding because of a grim financial future? it's still extremely valuable spending that time building your project and getting that awesome experience of pitching/getting rejected.
there's always an optimistic take to everything and a pessimistic one. if you're always taking the wait and see approach, chances are you're not going to do anything later, either. be somebody who does things and doesn't just sit around dreaming and waiting (like me)
eh, even original and good ideas aren't that valuable. Sometimes an individual can get lucky with a gimmick but a sustainable business is usually successful when a team of great people are both having and executing on good ideas on a daily basis - and still needs luck.
yep. further proving my point that building such a team equals time. and you need to start asap to do something like that, not just sit around wasting valuable years of your life
Any startup that will hire someone focused on resting and vesting hasn't figured out their hiring, which is a 100% indication that the vesting is not going to be valuable.
Any startup that has a business model which cannot accommodate the incumbent work culture hasn't figured out their business model, which is 100% indication that the vesting is not going to be valuable.
there's always an optimistic take to everything and a pessimistic one. if you're always taking the wait and see approach, chances are you're not going to do anything later, either. be somebody who does things and doesn't just sit around dreaming and waiting (like me)