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		icedchai on July 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just how much is that 2% really worth? it's like a lottery ticket. odds are it probably won't be worth anything, might be worth a lot.

loganu on July 4, 2014 [–]

It's unlike a lottery in that a lottery is pure chance. In a startup, you have an active role in changing the odds to succeed, however small they may be.

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