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Non-dilutable options
I have an entity I've been working on for roughly 4 years, the last being a real push to get it out the door. A student recently joined me and got us into a student business plan competition and we ...
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Best way to commercialize a software
My associates and I own a services business. To improve efficiency we started to developed own software two years ago. The software we developed seems to be very effective and time-saving for us and ...
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How much Equity should I get? [duplicate]
Well some think its a duplicate to another question but i think its different cuz all four of us in the team are not the coders, developers or programmers & also my question is different cuz the ...
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Review offer for being employee #1
I've just been offered a developer job at a startup in the current situation.
- Pre-Series A.
- Current seed funding gives them a valuation of $5 mil.
- 4 founders, no employees, 1 founder is a ...
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I am the only paid developer in a startup, am I getting enough equity?
I am currently apart of a very small startup. I love the idea and believe that it could be very big one day. I was hired by a guy with the idea, but the idea was still very basic, and 1 dimensional. ...
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Restricted Stock Units (RSU) in a job offer
I've seen a few job offers where in addition to the salary the company offers X,000 Restricted Stock Units (RSU). I'm still trying to understand owning equity as one of the early employees for a ...
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What happens to the unused portion in an option pool at the point of an exit/acquisition?
Some details regarding my company:
I started off as a single-founder bootstrapped company (100%-owned).
Later I brought in two co-founders at 20% equity each.
So equity split was:
Myself - 60%
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Startup equity for employee - real stock or option
For an earlier employee (not C level title), is it common to pay via option instead of real stock equity?
Assume both need to suffer from 4 year vesting schedule with 1 year cliff.
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As an Early Employee | Equity vs ESOP? and how much?
I have been working in a startup for quite some time now. Recently they have raised seed capital so now going to formalize stuff. They have given me an option to choose between Equity or ESOPs.
I am ...
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0.5% equity and 2k/month to be the #1 CDO in a startup
I really need your help.
It 's the first time I've been asked to work for a startup.
The company has already been made, founded by 2 partners, and has already received an initial investment, but has ...
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Stock equivalent options if the company is self funded and does not intend to go public
I run a company that’s self funded and does not intend to go public (this might change due to the nature of the business).
I have started to experience scale and traction, which means that I will ...
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Where can I find detailed information about a company's stock structure prior to their IPO?
I'm curious to know about the stock structures of a lot of companies. For example Marc Pincus of Zynga has preferred stock, where each of his share's voting power is 70x greater than those that are ...
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What is the best way to adjust options?
Me and my partner are about to start a new startup. I'm much more financially prepared than he is so we've agreed on the following structure.
I would fund the company with half a million for the ...
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Event of a sale prior to vesting schedule completion
Starting to work with our legal team and its time to expand the team. A few questions on the vesting schedule.
Employee 1: CFO position
I am bringing in a CFO from a financial background with other ...
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salary and stock options in a startup for lead developer - advice needed
I got an offer from my friend in a startup company with $30K/year (take into account it's not in a "hot" spot like Silicon Valley or NY, but yeah, it's not high in any standards, and the job's in a ...
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Asking for equity vs stock options as employee
As an employee at an early stage start up company , what are the benefit of stock option vs equity?
It seems to me like equity is far preferable , but is there any advantage to stock option over ...
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What should I expect for compensation in an “equity for compensation” deal?
Similar to this question: Amount of vesting equity for #3-#4 employee?
But it seems to discuss what equity paid developers should expect. If I am a developer that is unpaid, what would be a ...
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Can the total number of stocks in a company change?
I was discussing doing some work for shares in a startup when the owner mentioned something interesting.
Basically I would be given X shares for my work and with the current number of stock that came ...
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How can early startup employees ensure that founders do not intentionally dilute them?
I am considering joining a startup as employee #2. I expect to receive some equity (either stock or options).
Is there any way in which I can protect myself against the founders simply issuing ...
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If a successful startup's CEO makes what I believe is a low offer for employment as CTO, how can I make an effective counteroffer?
Over the past ten months, I've been working with a startup in a technical capacity as a contractor. Prior to my joining, they had a rocky start and spun their wheels for a while with an outsourcing ...
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What is founder's stock?
What does it mean when a consultant ask for founders stock in a pre-funded startup for payment? Is it a special class of stock? Is it non-dilutible?
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How dividend payments work?
So let's make an example story:
I'm the founder and the only developer of a web startup. Currently there is no one else other than me in the company.
I've added a sales guy, wishing to give him ...
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Popularity of restricted stock?
Several newbie questions for restricted stocks...
Is it common for seed fund to invest in restricted stock?
Is it common to issue restricted stock to cofounder?
Is it common to turn option to ...
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Need advice on Startup Equity Distribution for a Social Network Website
I an a technical guy, plans to goes full time for a startup to build a social network site, with a friend who is a business guy. Initially, he will work for part-time until our startup is enough to ...
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Can I exercise stock options in a privately-held startup?
My options (ISO's) in a privately-held (VC-funded) startup are slowly but surely vesting. Can I exercise the vested options? What does it mean to exercise options in a privately-held company? If ...
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Stock options for a senior engineer at an angel funded startup?
I joined a startup 6 months after its founding as a junior engineer (I was right out of college at the time). I've been with the startup for almost 6 years now, and I've progressed to the point of ...
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What is an appropriate stock option grant for a senior engineer after the Series A?
I'm looking for suggestions as I'm considering an offer from a startup.
A friend of mine is founding a software startup together with two partners and he's looking for engineers. The idea is ...
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Amount of vesting equity for #3-#4 employee?
Given a startup with 2 founders (one technical and one not-so) that's received VC funding (few millions).
How much vesting equity (%) should the next couple of developers recruited expect?
I've ...
