>Absolutely, employees should be a concern and a founder looking to be acquired should do whatever possible to ensure a successful future for them as well.
Well then selling your company to a PE firm in a Leveraged Buyout is among the worst possible scenarios for your employees so by your own logic this is a bad choice.
I don' think you have the slightest idea what you are talking about. Almost all my 401K funds charge less than 1% a year and if you're in mostly equities you average 10% returns per year. Most bank accounts offer less than 1% Interest rates on deposits so its really not even close.
Yeah actually you're right, all the engineers in Chicago, Boston, NYC, Raleigh, Austin and Boulder are trash. If they weren't why wouldn't they live in the place with the highest cost of living on earth?
Not to nitpick but most Ivy League schools have robust financial aid(families making less than 100K have no loans etc.) and the average debt load is <$40,000 which is very manageable with an Ivy League degree.
Can you name a single company that pays Remote Employees SF/Bay Area salaries?
Edit: Fair enough. There are companies that pay everyone SF level salaries but you can also find companies like Gitlab - 100% Remote but they explicitly downscale from SF salaries based on location.
Well then selling your company to a PE firm in a Leveraged Buyout is among the worst possible scenarios for your employees so by your own logic this is a bad choice.