The Minutes of David Friedberg on compensation https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/compensation/ Everything David Friedberg has said on compensation: 2 verbatim quotes from October 2011, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:47 +0000 Friedberg estimates Google starting salaries at $105,000 for new graduates as a startup comparison baseline. https://minutesof.com/q/5ab716a3-0117-44cb-82d6-0ecb0b173b58/ https://minutesof.com/q/5ab716a3-0117-44cb-82d6-0ecb0b173b58/ “And if you were to get a job at Google when you graduate, the anecdotal evidence suggests that your first year salary would be about $105,000 this year.” — Stanford eCorner Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:24:09 +0000 compensation Friedberg calculates median startup founder payoff at $300,000 over 49 months, or $73,000 annualized—less than https://minutesof.com/q/05f8967f-cc62-481a-8dd3-fe55b7938d99/ https://minutesof.com/q/05f8967f-cc62-481a-8dd3-fe55b7938d99/ “And assuming three founders, your median expected payoff to the founders would be about $300,000 each, which works out to an annualized salary equivalent of $73,000” — Stanford eCorner Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:24:09 +0000 compensation