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Re:Dropbox Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO by komali2 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:51PM (#16125957)
What sort of opportunities? I'm curious what I can eventually do with my options.
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Re:Dropbox Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO by SREinSF on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:39PM (#16126479)
Secondary markets. Both SharesPost and Nasdaq Private Market (Second Market Solutions was acquired by Nasdaq) offer this service. Pre IPO, FB shares were floating around secondary markets. Note investors are usually looking for household name unicorns on these markets.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203833004577249...

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Re:Dropbox Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO by prklmn on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:15PM (#16126204)
Sell them in a private offering such as this - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-softbank-tender/soft...
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Re:Dropbox Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO by woolvalley on Thursday January 11, 2018 @02:59PM (#16127253)
As someone who has had those opportunities, they are often not that good. Your limited to a certain percentage of your vested stock, and there is a pool which quickly gets oversubscribed.

And you can't do it in an adhoc manner, it's usually organized by the company to one buyer.

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