Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. 3) Employee Stock Purchases Are a Near-Term ATM - Facebook has issued a combination of stock options and more recently restricted stock units (RSUs) as compensation to employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Moving on … My second post was directed at employees. If you’ve done it for a long time then I usually advise hiring managers to hire you as contractors and not full-time employees. Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

S econdMarket , the marketplace for alternative investments such as company options and private company stock trading, announced yesterday that it has launched operations in Israel (the Israeli site is live already here ). The Israeli operations will be based in Herzliya and New York.“Israel

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