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The Equity Equation | YCombinator. Paul Graham essay

PAULGRAHAM 2017

An investor wants to give you money for a certain percentage of your startup. Should you take it? You're about to hire your first employee. How much stock should you give him? These are some of the hardest questions founders face. And yet both have the same answer...

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