Do startups commonly have traditional employees in US ? As in people working for a paycheck and no shares ? I feel like if I was going to work in a startup I would have no problem moving for a couple of years and taking less money in exchange for shares in the company (ofc. if I thought the company was going somewhere)<p>From what I can see* locally it&#x27;s usually founders with shares in company and there&#x27;s also a growing number of investors&#x2F;incubators in Eastern Europe (where the cost of doing business&#x2F;living is considerably lower than Western Europe). Perhaps it&#x27;s because Europe is more separated legally and governments also play a big role (trying to imitate US model) so investors are &quot;forced&quot; to go to multiple places instead of bringing everyone to them.<p>*I&#x27;m very superficially familiar with startup scene, I&#x27;m considering getting in so I&#x27;m trying to figure things out :)