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Stock options or more cash?

Berkonomics

What if employee candidates ask for the moon? and stock options as a perk? Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options. The post Stock options or more cash? Then again, there are those seductive unicorn opportunities.

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Understanding Stock Options

YoungUpstarts

In today’s start-up culture, it’s common for companies to offer employees the opportunity to own stock in the business. While most folks know the basic benefits of receiving stock, many employees are taken off guard by the tax implications that follow. Incentive Stock Option (ISO).

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8 Questions You Should Ask Before You Join A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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8 Red Flags To Evaluate Before Pledging To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad

Steve Blank

VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. This “we’re all in it together” kept founders and employees aligned on incentives. Here’s why.

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Startup Stock Options Are Not Reliable Compensation

Startup Professionals Musings

Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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How Many Startup Stock Options are Enough?

Startup Professionals Musings

Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%