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A comment on Ask HN: Which startup offer would you take?.

Re:Ask HN: Which startup offer would you take? by Maro on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:33AM (#18063844)
The standard advice, which my personal experience backs up, is to value startup stock at 0 when negotiating. Survival plus Liquidity at a good enough valuation without preferreds wiping you out are very uncertain.

I would look at team, is the work interesting, location/office and cash.

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Re:Ask HN: Which startup offer would you take? by ohyes on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:08PM (#18068236)
Well, value the options of the company you are negotiating with at nothing. Value the options of the company you are leaving at nothing internally, but at something when the company you are negotiating with asks. I’m making $xK dollars and I have significant equity is a better bargaining position.
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