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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by fragmede on Monday April 14, 2025 @05:08AM (#43679457)
fair. the important thing here is that IPO is not the only way to liquidity for early employees
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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by robertlagrant on Monday April 14, 2025 @06:32AM (#43679835)
Well, I'm not sure it is. People are pretty aware of salaries already for example. This was about stock options specifically.
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Re:The Open Guide to Equity Compensation by fragmede on Monday April 14, 2025 @02:46PM (#43684696)
Right so for options, when the employee leaves the company, they can convert them to shares, and then there are ways for them to sell those shares somehow, and it results in cash money somewhere down the road that isn't just the salary.
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