Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup
<i>&gt;It is also important to note that early employees experience more dilution events. An example of a dilution event would be raising another round of funding. This is another reason why joining a company early should offer more equity.</i><p>I disagree that it&#x27;s important to note that early employees experience more dilution events.  I know you&#x27;re trying to educate but this type of advice unintentionally <i>misinforms</i> people and causes people to pay attention to the wrong thing.   Ultimately, the more important math is <i>number_of_shares multiplied by share_price</i>.  As long as that goes up, dilution is not as important.  What employees will care about is whether the <i>total money wealth went up</i> and not whether their 5% ownership turned into 4% because a new investment round bought 20% of the company.  I have no idea why dilution attracts so much verbiage that&#x27;s out of proportion to its mathematical importance.