Devin Canterberry

Advice I'd give anyone launching their career in the tech startup world:

Expect a startup to offer you equity, but don't factor that into what you think you're earning.

You'll be told things like what the company's valuation is and how much capital they've raised.

If it's a privately held company, *none of that matters.* It's just noise. Don't be fooled.

The overwhelming majority of tech startups, regardless of how much they've raised or what they claim to be worth, either fail or remain privately held indefinitely.

Your equity as a non-founder, non-investor is most likely Common Stock, which means when there's a liquidation event, you get paid last (if there's even any money left by then). It also likely means you get no voting privileges in decisions like when to dilute the cap table to make room for new investors (which will happen many times).

If you're a crucial early hire, you might get offered 1-2% ownership in the company, assuming you stay for the full 4 years it takes to vest your options.

By then, if the company is even still around, there may be 3 or 4 funding rounds. Each time, you can bet there's going to be dilution. So your 1% becomes 0.75%, then 0.5% or worse.

Meanwhile, the company is growing and expanding, and the skills you brought to the table early on are less and less relevant. So you're less happy and fulfilled in the work over time.

Not to mention that tech startups have a reputation for encouraging workaholism.

The typical tenure in a tech startup is around 2 years. So your original 1% that became 0.5% is now 0.25%.

0.25% ownership, without voting privileges, with lowest cash-out priority, in a company that's statistically likely never to have a qualifying liquidation event like an IPO, merger, or acquisition.

So if you're offered equity, I'm not saying to turn it down. Just don't let it cloud your judgment and influence you to accept below market rate for a job.

It's just a lottery ticket.

#Tech #Startup #GetFediHired

Jul 11, 2025, 21:16 · · · 5 · 0
Laborjournal

Das Heidelberger #Startup-Projekt Wet-Lab-VR entwickelt eine Software, mit der Labor-Novizen das Pipettieren via #VirtualReality lernen können. Die Vorteile: Kein Verbrauch von Einwegmaterialien und die Freiheit zu scheitern … Mehr von @InsertCaffeine: laborjournal.de/editorials/328

Jul 11, 2025, 09:34 · · · 0 · 0
Universität Leipzig

Das mitteldeutsche Konsortium „#boOst Startup Ecosystem gGmbH“ ist eines von bundesweit zehn Projekten, das im Rahmen des vom Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums aufgesetzten #EXIST-Leuchtturmwettbewerbs „#Startup Factories“ ausgewählt wurde.

Verbunden mit diesem herausragenden Erfolg ist eine Förderung des Bundes von bis zu zehn Millionen Euro. Die @tudresden und die #UniLeipzig koordinieren die an „boOst“ beteiligten mitteldeutschen Hochschulen.

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donthatedontkill

Today at work, discussing AI, at a company wide teams meeting, I wrote in the chat, "Hearing this makes me want to start the Butlerian Jihad a couple millennia too early. And I'm going to start by taking a bat to my friends' Alexas." I thought some people here would enjoy this.
#ai #dune #work #technology #it #startup

Jul 09, 2025, 21:25 · · · 1 · 0
Freie Universität Berlin

#Get2Germany gewinnt Gründungs- und Publikumspreis 🏆 Das #Startup erleichtert internationalen Gesundheitsfachkräften den Anerkennungsprozess in Deutschland. Verliehen wird der Preis von #BerlinerSparkasse & #Science&Startups der @BerlinUAlliance

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Ein Lausanner Start-up nutzt KI zur Stimmanalyse, um Burnouts und psychische Erkrankungen frühzeitig zu erkennen. Die Technologie analysiert Tonalität und Sprechtempo mit über 90% Trefferquote – anonym und integriert in Microsoft Teams. Ein innovativer Schritt für bessere psychische Gesundheit am Arbeitsplatz! 💡🧠🎙️ #KI #Burnout #Gesundheit #StartUp #Innovation srf.ch/news/start-up-in-lausan
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europesays.com/fr/227024/ Figure de proue de la réindustrialisation, la start-up des batteries Verkor perd une partie de ses cofondateurs #2025 #batteries #Business #des #Économie #Economy #Entreprises&Finance #figure #FR #France #proue #réindustrialisation #StartUp #Verkor

Charité Berlin

Bühne frei für Innovationen in den Life Sciences 👏 : Die #CharitéBerlin und das @bih_charite starten gemeinsam mit der Messe Berlin und weiteren Partnern die bio:cap in Berlin – ein internationales Investival für Life Sciences & KI. 👉 charite.de/service/pressemitte
#innovation #wissenschaft #startup

Jul 04, 2025, 10:09 · · · 1 · 0
Technische Universität München

Congrats to SUMM #AI that received the Presidential #Entrepreneurship Award at yesterday’s Entrepreneurship Day. 👏 The #startup developed a tool that translates complex texts into #plainlanguage: go.tum.de/669150

📷A.Heddergott

Presidential Award goes to AI start-up

For the development of an AI tool that translates complex…

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Technische Universität München

Our spin-off, Isar Aerospace, has become a #unicorn with a valuation exceeding $1B! 👏 The company develops launch vehicles for small #satellites and completed its first test flight in Norway: go.tum.de/221349

#aerospaceengineering #startup

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TUM spin-off Isar Aerospace becomes a unicorn

The company Isar Aerospace is the 22nd TUM unicorn.

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