grumpymarketer

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Saturday May 12, 2012 @05:36PM (#3965216)

I'd prefer not to state publicly but you can email me [email protected] (another dummy account I made).

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Saturday May 12, 2012 @05:29PM (#3965196)

great help, thanks xrd

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Friday May 11, 2012 @11:12PM (#3962582)

It is the # of shares the offered me divided by my total restricted stock agreement. This represents the total % of equity they are granting me after letting me go, then I multiply this by 48 (because my equity grant vests over 48 months). The results is about 3.5 months.

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Friday May 11, 2012 @11:04PM (#3962559)

Thanks Cisco I will.

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:52PM (#3962535)

Just to clarify...it's 3.5 months worth of equity so it's not liquid and not worth much right now.

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:02PM (#3962407)

"Early-stage employee doesn't equal martyr" >> I think that's my biggest lesson so far

Re:Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:48PM (#3962351)

I was in charge of marketing and also did all sorts of bd under the CEO.

Something I did not mention is that the CEO was cultivating an overly confidential culture. Over the past couple months I did not know who our clients were, how much they were paying, status updates from our software development. It felt like I was mindlessly rowing a canoe with blinders on and earlplugs in. While this definitely is one management strategy, I don't agree with it. As a result I think I got a little unplugged and they didn't like it.

I don't want to reveal what we sold yet to preserve confidentiality for them.

Ask HN: I was fired from a startup I helped found, I'm fucked

Posted by grumpymarketer on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:30PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm in a rough spot and I'd like to ask for advice from my fellow HNers. I was employee #1 at my startup and was fired 11 months in - 1 month from my cliff. I'm not necessarily bummed I was let go, things changed with the company and my role so I guess I just wasn't a good fit anymore. I get that. I'm sad because I'm out of money and and have no stock. I spent so much $$ commuting (SF to...

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