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Doesn't that makes the calculus worse for the startup, not better, due to time value of money? The counterfactual FANG worker chugging along at 250k/year has had health insurance, deductible retirement contributions, and years of stock market growth to appreciate their nest egg.

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I don’t think so?

$300,000/year for 14 years is $4.2m

If you’re making $1m in profit after 14 years it doesn’t take long to catch up even if your first few years were slow. You also are sitting on a business you could likely sell for $5-10m on top of that.

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