Do You Think It's a Good Idea to Give Equity to Your Employees?

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I heard you bed in there a little bit about the stake holders. I know when e ba was going public, they wanted to have sellers be able to have a taste of the ipo. It turns out it's very hard to give people who are not accredited investors. Those with the top five % of americans who make 200 thousand a year, two ears and roer have a million dollars in net worth,. independent of their primary residence. Some of thes platforms are like as big as nations. Of course. Es i is huge. O, likea am wher. Everyones talk abot u b i, social wealth funds. Sw, you can't give them stock

0:52 Jason intros Eric Ries and they discuss how things have been since shelter-in-place started
8:33 What good will come out of this? Will UBI proponents like Andrew Yang be proven right?
10:12 Eric's advice to today's founders after living through the 2008 recession & the dot-com bust
15:53 Eric describes the obligations of leaders during a crisis of this magnitude, what the test-and-trace method is and how it's effective
25:02 Do authoritarian countries have an advantage in handling outbreaks better than democratic countries?
28:45 Jason & Eric reminisce about 2011 in startup-land
30:38 Tactical advice for Founders in an economic downturn
39:52 Eric explains what he is doing to help at: https://schoolclosures.org/
44:11 What is the Long-Term Stock Exchange?
48:57 Thoughts on private companies giving equity options to contractors
53:00 More tactical insights for founders: handling layoffs, figuring out new revenue opportunities, capitalizing on silver-linings, extending runway, etc.
1:01:01 Amazon & Lyft partnering to help each other, Bird's layoff approach, extending runway by trading cash for equity
1:12:21 Eric's thoughts on the future of capitalism