Too-high company valuations are dangerous for employees issued equity at those levels.

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• A company priced in the trillions is not thereby overpriced; the test is what revenues and margins that price actually requires. ADAswath Damodaran3 Dec 2025
• For most startup employees, equity turns out worse than they hoped, but negotiating the right terms and setting realistic exit expectations can still make it worthwhile. NMNick Maggiulli22 Sept 2026
• The moment somebody offers you more, that is what you are worth — it is market evidence, and you cannot unsee it. KHKelsey Hightower3 Jun 2026
• An employee’s startup equity grant is most likely worth nothing, because people overestimate both the odds of success and their own share of it. PMPatrick McKenzie28 Oct 2011
• A pay package that pays nothing unless the stock rises enormously is a good deal for shareholders, and most chief executives would refuse it. BGBill Gurley9 Jun 2026

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