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Stock options or more cash?

Berkonomics

and stock options as a perk? Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options. Many skilled, experienced executives have jumped from mature companies to more risky positions in smaller, fast-growing enterprises primarily for the options.

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How To Test The Startup Lifestyle Before You Commit

Startup Professionals Musings

Founders stock, and stock options, will be worth nothing for the first several years, if not forever. Use LinkedIn to check for a fit, and craft personal resume emails and letters to make your case. Who gets stock options, and how many? Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders.

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What’s To Stop Twitter’s New Owner From Publishing The Company’s Historical Internal Emails?

Hunter Walker

No, not their stock options or employment (job cuts are almost certainly coming but we’re in a robust market for talent and I’m assuming there are already many folks proactively looking for new opportunities), but the internal communications that sit within HQ.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Make your emails actionable. ” Or, “I sent u an email.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Advisory Board members may field weekly to monthly emails and calls from the company executive team to provide feedback on strategy and positioning and make introductions. Advisory Board members are often paid in a balance of equity (stock options) and cash (“cash” is the industry term for money wired to your bank account).

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5 Ways To Safely Sample The Entrepreneur Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

Founders stock, and stock options, will be worth nothing for the first several years, if not forever. Use LinkedIn to check for a fit, and craft personal resume emails and letters to make your case. Who gets stock options, and how many? Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

Mark Jeffrey - Q: “Is it more traditional to do your ESOP (employee stock option plan) before or after your angel or Series A funding?&# I talked about the need to have a restricted stock plan for your earliest employees. Second – don’t send unsolicited emails to VCs. This is minutes 8-11.