The Open Guide to Equity Compensation

Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by dgunay on Sunday April 13, 2025 @06:11PM (#43676231)

There are companies that will finance your options exercise in exchange for a cut of the earnings in the event of an exit. I haven't personally used one, but they do exist.

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by fragmede on Sunday April 13, 2025 @06:14PM (#43676250)

and the most important thing someone told me is that 100% of $0 is $0. x% of a big number > $0

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by dgunay on Monday April 14, 2025 @02:41AM (#43678647)

Yeah, but you should try to shop for a deal where 100 - x is as big a number as you can negotiate.

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by fragmede on Monday April 14, 2025 @04:37AM (#43679269)

Oh absolutely, the important bit is that 100% of $0 is $0.

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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by dilyevsky on Sunday April 13, 2025 @09:36PM (#43677297)

There’s a much better option - simply offer nso conversion with much longer exercise window

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