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Re:Do the math on your stock options by rb2k_ on Thursday December 31, 2015 @11:16PM (#10821080)
At least for one of my previous employers, the secondary market was not interested. I personally wouldn't count on it unless one is working for a highly visible startup ;)
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Re:Do the math on your stock options by wdewind on Friday January 01, 2016 @02:07AM (#10821315)
Definitely true, and many times there are clauses preventing you from selling to a 3rd party before IPO anyway.
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Re:Do the math on your stock options by rb2k_ on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:56PM (#10854911)
Usually those providers don't "buy" it from you.

They do fun things like giving you a loan with the options as a collateral. You would then default on the loan at the point of IPO.

So theoretically you don't sell them anything.

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Re:Do the math on your stock options by wdewind on Sunday January 10, 2016 @12:25AM (#10874300)
Interesting, I had never heard of that.
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