If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees
Valid reasons to work for a startup:<p>- You are a cofounder.<p>- You have little experience and you are using this to break into the industry, and get experience on many different technologies ("wear many hats").<p>- They are working on a very specific problem or using a specific technology that you strongly desire to work on and it's difficult to do it anywhere else.<p>- You want to work a certain way (remote, on the beach, whatever) and they are willing to go this route.<p>Invalid reasons for working at a startup:<p>- Getting rich off stock options.<p>- Making a lot of money in salary.<p>- Work / life balance.<p>- Stability.