Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I finally called bullshit. It was May.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 18, 2014

However, my experience across over 100 portfolio companies and my colleagues experience in hiring getting on for 1,000 people is that employees often don’t understand or value those options very highly.

Lock-up Period 125

Lock-up Period Angel Investor IPO Salary 125

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

The Aqui-hire Business. And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. .” Most founders stick around for their lock-up period (1-2 years) before going on to found their next company.

Liquidation Preference 357

Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357

Haystack

OCTOBER 13, 2019

There are many little signals to stitch together.

Lock-up Period 87

Lock-up Period IPO Portfolio Early Stage 87

VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

Both employees and investors typically have a 6 month lock up period (exceptions apply of course) so this can have devastating effects on liquidity and retruns. Given that some of these new stocks have low trading volume, in practice the lock up period can be longer.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 31, 2010

You may recall that back in the 1999-2001 timeframe it was popular practice for option holders who were in a lock-up period following an IPO to use a short process to borrow their company’s stock from other investors and sell it with the promise that they would forfeit their locked up stock when the lock up expired.

Valuation 42

Valuation Stock Options Lock-up Period IPO 42