Title: Say a startup (early stage, no technical team yet) wants you to do consulting work or become their first technical employee and offers you a compensation package that includes cash + equity. The equity is based on a valuation that they (verbally) claim was established from their initial seed round. Is it appropriate to ask for confirmation&#x2F;proof of that valuation and, if so, what would be the polite way to go about it? What would be other important things to ask&#x2F;consider.
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