Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer?

Re:Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer? by primedteam on Monday May 29, 2017 @12:44PM (#14439981)

I would work out the difference between the salary at say Google vs what you took during your tenure at the startup then double it because of lack of upside.

Aside: If the co-founder is an HN reader, then they probably know the throwaway account is you. That is going to skew this negotiation.

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Re:Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer? by danshapiro on Monday May 29, 2017 @01:53PM (#14440390)

I believe this is a sunk cost fallacy. The present value of the shares not based on the OP's previous foregone financial opportunities.

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Re:Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer? by owens99 on Monday May 29, 2017 @02:32PM (#14440592)

Agree with this. What the OP could have made at Google is not his CEOs problem.

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Re:Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer? by johnchristopher on Monday May 29, 2017 @01:20PM (#14440169)

Might also be the other party testing the waters.

edit: of course, parent's comment regarding the other party is still sound and valid :).

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Re:Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer? by throwaway21122 on Monday May 29, 2017 @03:09PM (#14440817)

lol, it is.

for the record, i'd probably do it if i was offered $500k.

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Re:Ask HN: Ex-Founder. Should I take lowball buyout offer? by fzzzy on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @10:47AM (#14445726)

Then ask for 500k.

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