Ask HN: Founder selling some shares Writing from a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I am Founder at a small but fast-growing startup, and my and co-founder we got an offer to sell some of our shares and continue to build the company with the old and new investors. Both of us are worried that it is going to alienate some of the team members who will see me and my partner make a (small) windfall. It won't be anything big by any means, but we fear that it will upset some of the folks who have been with us through the trenches. We obviously mean to continue building the company and do right by all the employees in the long run. Either way, are there any founders here who have been through similar situations and can offer some words of advice? more