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Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad

Steve Blank

Startup employees calculated that a) their hard work could change the odds and b) someday the stock options they were vesting might make them into millionaires. The stock trickled out over four years, as you would “vest” 1/48 th of the option each month. It’s called Growth capital. Today, that’s not true.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Building Product 2. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Would it be a good idea clubbing all the other products / services under 1 venture, because some of them are totally unrelated. I just didn’t stop.