This is why I don't consider jobs with even exciting startups with early traction at this point in time. Why would I bother getting 50x less return for a similar investment and risk as a founder? We should at least be in the same order of magnitude. Especially if the startup is practicing "lean" and is going to completely change by the time it exits. Might as well just start my own company.
And, if you can't get into an incubator, you can just as easily bootstrap your way through the early stages.
This is why I don't consider jobs with even exciting startups with early traction at this point in time. Why would I bother getting 50x less return for a similar investment and risk as a founder? We should at least be in the same order of magnitude. Especially if the startup is practicing "lean" and is going to completely change by the time it exits. Might as well just start my own company.
And, if you can't get into an incubator, you can just as easily bootstrap your way through the early stages.