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)
From what I can see* locally it's usually founders with shares in company and there's also a growing number of investors/incubators in Eastern Europe (where the cost of doing business/living is considerably lower than Western Europe). Perhaps it's because Europe is more separated legally and governments also play a big role (trying to imitate US model) so investors are "forced" to go to multiple places instead of bringing everyone to them.
*I'm very superficially familiar with startup scene, I'm considering getting in so I'm trying to figure things out :)
From what I can see* locally it's usually founders with shares in company and there's also a growing number of investors/incubators in Eastern Europe (where the cost of doing business/living is considerably lower than Western Europe). Perhaps it's because Europe is more separated legally and governments also play a big role (trying to imitate US model) so investors are "forced" to go to multiple places instead of bringing everyone to them.
*I'm very superficially familiar with startup scene, I'm considering getting in so I'm trying to figure things out :)