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The Founder Salary Trap in Late Stage Exits
Lucas and Luna dissect how founder compensation structures are quietly reshaping exit valuations. With Bessemer deploying another $5.75 billion into AI ventures, the pressure to show hyper-growth is forcing founders into aggressive equity-heavy pay packages. We explore the hidden liquidity trap: when you trade salary for stock options, your personal net worth becomes tied to a company that might never IPO. Using Enveda’s recent $311 million funding round as a case study, we examine why high-earning founders are finding their liquidity events vanish before they even begin.
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