I disagree, I know plenty of students who just need that initial push.
Also, anyone who has worked at a startup at a junior level knows equity is usually meaningless, and you're lucky if you're getting more than a few bps after a certain point.
Also, anyone who has worked at a startup at a junior level knows equity is usually meaningless, and you're lucky if you're getting more than a few bps after a certain point.
There are those people who feel the money draw, and that's fine, and then there are those who prefer a different set of challenges. They go to work for non-profits, they join start ups or become entrepreneurs, they take their Columbia degree to the wilderness to count mayfly populations. I'm not convinced a start up would necessarily want to attract the kind of person who prefers money and security.