Hi all, Have 2 offers in hand: - Google E5 at ~500k/year - Series A startup with 70m evaluation at 180k cash + 0.1% equity Does it even make sense to consider startup in these conditions? #google #startup
Sage advice from an old timer. Don’t take that startup offer at A and B round companies. You’re playing with your time on the rare odds of an exceptional payout. The net present value of cash trumps non liquid paper money that usually never shows up. The other day I had macha with a founder whose b...Read more
After struggling and with sheer hard work I made my way into Amazon in 2017. Before that I worked for small fintech firms. Joined Amazon as a SDE1 that time, start was rough but it got better with time. Delivered a pretty neat project which I would say is my best project this date. 2019, and I got p...Read more
You are a founder and raise a 40M series A. How much are you cashing out in secondary shares? This is how much Lucy Guo just raised for her company, Passes. Remind me why we are talking about Lucy Guo again? TC: 200k
Talking to a series A startup that’s raised ~12m about their CPO role. Any Blinders out there have info on how comp might work at this early stage/exec role combo? Tc: ~700k mostly from rsu at this point #equity #startup #compensation
Expecting an offer for a Head of Product role (first PM) from a Series A startup. what would be a reasonable expectation for base salary and equity (% of company)? Currently at Square. TC ~$420k. 9 YOE.
I have an offer from a Series A company, and I'm trying to figure if it makes sense to join. I told them my base expectation but not equity. How much equity should I expect or ask? How do I think about their Series A valuation? Edit: Details YoE / Role: Close to 6, ML Engineer Current headcount: ~...Read more
Considering two offers and not sure which to take: - Series A: 250 base, 0.2% equity on 100m valuation, <;10 employees, experienced founder - Series D: 300 base + 15% bonus, 0.07% equity on 1b valuation, nice title YOE: 10 What would you pick & why? #startup #compensation #offers #equity
I am interviewing — final round is next week — for a Director of Analytics role w/ a Series A startup that is backed by a tier 1 VC. Does anyone have an idea of reasonable comp expectations? I was thinking 185k base, 20% bonus, and .25% in equity.
Series A offer: Salary: $190k Equity: 0.2% at $75M valuation Series A company seems like a great culture fit. The business has strong cashflow and growth even in today's market. Their valuation is from 2 years ago and would certainly be quite a bit higher if they had to raise again today, maybe in ...Read more
Offer - base: 130k - equity: 0.5% (~$200K @ curr val) - TC: 180k (130K, 50K 1/4) Some context - CEO has exited before. Not a great one but managed to pull through - Current valuation 40M, series A funding 4M - Space is edtech and showed some good signs of traction - Product has been built by part-t...Read more
Poll - Between joining a Series A or Series D startup, which would you choose and why? TC: 270k YOE: 10 #tech #startups
Considering two offers. Same TC however one is series A, raised $25 mil and won’t tell me their current valuation since they haven’t announced the funding and the other raised series D and valued at 4-5 billion. Difference is in role and responsibilities: - Series A: building team, process and syste...Read more
I'm debating between two offers: Fintech (Series C) 245K OTE (215K Base, 30K Variable) 300K / 4 Years ESOPS at ~1.5B valuation (0.011%) DevOps (Series A) 245K TC (175K Base, 35K Sales Variable, 25K Bonus) 14K / 4 Years ESOPS at ~30M Valuation (0.04%) They said the ESOPS is likely around 300K if th...Read more
Hey everyone, I recently received an offer to join an AI start-up in New York that recently raised Series A somewhere around $30million-$40million (they wouldn't share exact figures because things are not finalized). The total company size is below 10 with only 4 people working on the tech/product...Read more
Hey community, I'm contemplating a career move and could use some insights. I have an offer from a Series B startup valued at $7 billion in the GPU cloud market. The offer includes a $190K base salary (trying to negotiate 210k) , 15% bonus, and roughly $80K in RSU. Currently, I’m at Amazon (not enjo...Read more
Does the amount of options given change drastically between A and B rounds, given a 2-3x in valuation?
Got an offer from a Series A and don’t know how to interpret it. Lot of ex AWS people in the startup and founder seemed very nice. Founder said I can’t negotiate even though I have multiple offers. Is this offer a lowball? Offer: Base: 185k Sign on: 10k Options: .1% over 4 years Current TC: 280k...Read more
201k base 5k signon (wtf? Why even? Is this common?) 0.07% equity valued at roughly 60k 20 yoe but spent many years resting and vesting due to family/kids, also have multiple offers incoming including amazon (no numbers yet, still 1 more interview to determine L5 vs L6) Base is high but equity se...Read more
How much can you expect, on average, 1% post series A to be worth at IPO or Acquisition assuming several rounds of funding? (I understand there are lots of factors like leadership, deal structure, etc. just looking for a range estimate) TC 140 YOE 3