anyone here ever buy a company? Ive built and sold 4 but never purchased one. What is the best way, other than biz brokers, to find someone who is selling, or thinking of selling, their business.
My employer (not Amazon, but new employer is not on blind) is refusing to buy me a headset. They don't have any, don't want to buy one and don't want to re-imburse me if I buy one. I think this is ridiculous as I have virtual meetings every day and need a headset. My manager says the company can on...Read more
Got laid off in January. I don’t wanna go back to tech. I want to do my own shit. Looking at drop shipping companies to buy but don’t have enough knowledge or experience around this. Has anyone done this? Guidance/coaching appreciated.
Never catch a falling dagger but then again it's a good entry point. Thinking on buying SNOW, DDOG and OKTA. Thoughts?
Which begs the question, which big tech is most likely to acquire Blind?
My friend is in a pre IPO company and is looking to sell some RSUs. How do I buy from him? I know there is a risk that the company may never go public, and we already have a price decided. Their company uses morgan stanley if it helps.#equity #startup
I have some money in my personal stock portfolio. VOO and bunch of misc stocks. All long-term basis. Should I liquidate it to use it as a down payment?
How does the insider policy works if someone wants to buy stock or trade in future options before joining a company (after offer accept). Planning to buy some stock before i move to new employer as market is crashed a bit in last few days. How does the selling rule apply? I think for stock we can se...Read more
I want to surprise my wife and found a good ring, is blue Nile a decent brand?
I may be joining a public company and want to protect myself from major stock slides. Am I allowed to buy puts before I join?
Hi forks, My wife wanna buy a house using her solo company and I am the only one to pay that house. The marriage is not stable since the mid of last year. Once divorce, I want to know if I am able to get half of the new property. TC: 160K
In a tech company who is responsible for buying a tech product? For example who makes decision on purchasing a solution like slack, jira etc#engineering #software #swe
How do they merge the new company? What do they do for current employee benefits and salary? Do they have people interview?
I recently joined Apple and was give a 27 inch LG 5K ultrafine monitor, which is worth over $1000. However, I prefer bigger size than higher pixel density and my desk is too small to accommodate 2 monitors. Can I sell the company monitor and buy a new 38 inch ultra wide monitor? #apple #wfh
I know I'm very naive with stocks and startups, but I understood that when my stock options vested I could exercise them, and then they were mine to hold until I wanted to sell. Presumably when the fair market value had improved. I recently learned that employees who left our company had their vest...Read more
This lady realtor told me that biotech companies have given new hires money for a down payment for a home in Bay area silicon valley which I guess was the starting bonus. She also said they gave them a second mortgage. With 200,000 salary, you qualify for about 1.6 or 1.7 million loan which would bu...Read more
Let's say you just quit a company. You have no "insider information" beyond working having worked there and witnessed a shitty, poorly run engineering org that, you feel, has no chance of innovating or engineering anything new that is useful/profitable. You have no insider information into confiden...Read more
Just wanted to know if any comapnies offer that as a perk?
There’s a few companies I’m seeing (Forge, Secfi) that are based on buying your pre-IPO options, has anybody used something like this? How was the process? What’s the risk to you? What’s the upside to the company? TC: 440