Exploring the Inequities of Stock Options and the Moral Responsibility of Founders

If you feel like the ‘unicorn or bust’ playbook isn’t for you, then this episode definitely will be. Rand Fishkin is a multi-time founder and published author of Lost and Founder. He founded Moz, raised $29M in VC, grew to $50M in revenue and exited for $70M. 

But he ultimately realized that the VC-backed life wasn’t for him. 

So he went on to start SparkToro, a profitable 3-person startup that does $2M in revenue and takes only 30 hours a week of work. For those of us in the VC-backed startup world, it’s a totally different way to play the game. It won’t make you a billionaire. But it very well may make you $10M— with less stress, less work, and less risk. 

If you want a transparent account of the pros/cons of a venture-backed vs a bootstrapped startup, check this episode out.

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