Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Paul Graham provides what is roughly the core formula for equity at any point in The Equity Equation : You can use the same formula when giving stock to employees, but it works in the other direction. If the company's valuation is $2 million, $90k is 4.5%. Stock vests for 4 years. 11.1% - 4.5% = an offer of 6.6%. Wait a second.
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