Inspired by the founder’s vision, many early employees demonstrate classic early-adopter behavior. Relying on their gut, these first employees also quit their perfectly good jobs and accept lower salaries to join an organization with a 90 percent statistical chance of failing. But the statistics don’t matter; passion and optimism reign and energy is high. Like all early adopters, the behavior of those who join early says more about them than it does about the company’s prospects.
