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Re:U.S. Tech Funding – What’s Going On? by thorfish on Monday June 15, 2015 @07:32PM (#9722864)
Yeah, but as I understand it, employees can usually only sell about 20% or so in secondary offerings. Six months after the IPO, they can liquidate 100%.
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Re:U.S. Tech Funding – What’s Going On? by foobarqux on Monday June 15, 2015 @07:35PM (#9722881)
They also don't get a real market price for their shares.
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Re:U.S. Tech Funding – What’s Going On? by nathantotten on Monday June 15, 2015 @07:44PM (#9722924)
Good point. I wonder what the numbers are on how this affects the returns for employees.
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Re:U.S. Tech Funding – What’s Going On? by mahyarm on Monday June 15, 2015 @11:11PM (#9723584)
Usually it's more like %10 of vested earnings, which ends up being something like %2.5-%5 of their stock.
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