Re:What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn
by ariwilson on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @06:41PM
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I know nothing about RSUs at pre-IPO companies, but RSUs at public companies are worth real money, a fact this article fails to mention.
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Re:What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn
by jdmichal on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:20PM
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So are options. Options at a public company can typically be exercised and sold as an atomic operation from the owner's perspective, with the exercise price (and taxes) being extracted from the sale's proceeds.