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

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

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. Go do a startup.

Liquidation Preference 357

Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357