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Tell HN: Sell your startup shares while you can

I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time. If you’re employed at a startup, if you have shares, or stock options and you’re wondering “should I sell them now or wait?” Sell them. Always sell startup shares when you can.I’ve extracted $400,000 as a SaaS company employee by selling on secondary markets. My colleagues extracted $0 because they thought shares would be worth more “soon”. It...

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Re:Ask HN: Where to sell my startup shares? on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:47PM (#20413692)
So you bought via one of those platforms?
Re:Ask HN: Where to sell my startup shares? on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:47PM (#20413685)
How successful were those companies where you still own share?
Re:Ask HN: Where to sell my startup shares? on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:46PM (#20413678)
Yes it was asked already. What we know: 1- Yes we can sell 2- Secondary market is the way to go

Ask HN: Where to sell my startup shares?

Hi HN, I am working at at startup. I now want to cash out part of the shares I own from this startup, which represents interesting money.I found different platforms like: - https://equityzen.com - https://sharespost.com - and https://forgeglobal.comAny experience or advice in using those platforms or others? There's very few information on how to sell startup shares.Thanks.

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