Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. Icing is the warrant for banks – stock they can buy in future but don’t have to buy so they make their $$ later in the future. Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. And he said ok got it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

Let me get this straight: You''re two guys in a garage, you''re trying to raise a few hun­dred thousand dollars, your product is twelve months from completion, and you''re telling me that these well-known people are going to resign their $250,000-per-year, plus bonus, plus stock-option jobs to join your company?

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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. 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. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to retain employees when stock options were no longer a real currency. No employees wanted to join startups – they were all looking for stable jobs.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Having the highest number of startups per capita in the world, means that some of the 300,000 technology employees in Israel worked for more than one private company, for which they hold stock options. SecondMarket was founded in New York in 2004 and has grown substantially since then.

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