Re:How I negotiated my startup compensation (with numbers)
by colmvp on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @05:09PM
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Unless lighting cigars with $20 bills could give you more money, I don't see that as an applicable analogy. If anything, it's a version of gambling.
Taking a significant paycut can be worth it if the options offered proportionately compensated the salary disparity IF the startup exits AND at a number that you estimate it could potentially hit.
If one isn't willing to take that risk then they should opt for less equity/no equity but a fairer market value.
Taking a significant paycut can be worth it if the options offered proportionately compensated the salary disparity IF the startup exits AND at a number that you estimate it could potentially hit.
If one isn't willing to take that risk then they should opt for less equity/no equity but a fairer market value.