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Startup goldmines?

ICS' Burton looks at lifetime earnings impact

Entrepreneurs go their own ways for a number of different reasons. ICS's M. Diane Burton and colleagues have looked at the lifetime earnings premiums and penalties for early-joining employees at startup companies. The study's insight: don't join too early, at least if your aim is to maximize lifetime earnings.

See the work at https://eiexchange.com/content/startup-employees-take-a-hit-financially