The founder - early employee equity gap is too large. One aspect that justifies it not discussed here is there is an expectation that a founder never quits, while there's an expectation that an employee gets what they want from an experience and moves on their next thing (or leaves if the startup is not performing).
This is obviously not enforced, but this is the social expectation that means founders do take a significantly larger psychological burden. Ideally this expectation is reflecting in a vesting or reverse vesting schedule
The founder - early employee equity gap is too large. One aspect that justifies it not discussed here is there is an expectation that a founder never quits, while there's an expectation that an employee gets what they want from an experience and moves on their next thing (or leaves if the startup is not performing).
This is obviously not enforced, but this is the social expectation that means founders do take a significantly larger psychological burden. Ideally this expectation is reflecting in a vesting or reverse vesting schedule