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Re:Uber opens at $42 per share by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:15PM (#19881241)
> anyone joining in the last three years will not have enjoyed any sort of rocket-ship growth

Uber was also somewhat unique among unicorns in uniformly blocking its employees from selling shares on the secondary markets.

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Re:Uber opens at $42 per share by synlatexc on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:33PM (#19881439)
I believe most companies do not allow this.
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Re:Uber opens at $42 per share by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:28PM (#19881922)
> most companies do not allow this

As someone who does work in the space, no, most companies permit transfers. There are mechanisms in place to reasonably limit them, e.g. rights of first refusal and transfer fees. But Uber was unique in the degree to which they restricted transfers.

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Re:Uber opens at $42 per share by mfatica on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:57PM (#19881662)
That's not unique in any way
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