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Startup Equity
- vote Startup equity liquidation Hi all, I have an offer from a UNICORN startup and I am new to startup world. I am struggling with terms of equity if I were to leave before IPO. How often do startups buy back or allow selling in secondary markets? Or do people typically just lose all unexercised options? The strike price for my
- Startup Equity I'm still trying to figure out how startup Pre-IPO Common Stock Equity works. Got an offer from a startup (Series A + B: 50M, and Series C: 100M) for 0.1% ownership(20,000 common stocks), the current strike price is about $5, vested over 4years. Say, I move on after staying with the company for 2
- vote Startup equity grant My base is $210k with a sign on bonus of $30k for 2021 At the time startup recruiter promised that after a year, they will give me significant chunk of equity to match my Tesla equity. Today I got $10k in equity for 2022. I almost walked out in anger. Should I just jump ship ? Or Talk it out and
- Startup equity I received an offer from a series A startup with less than 50 employees. They offered 1,500 shares for an Enterprise Account Executive role. Is this a low ball? What amount of equity should one receive at series A with less than 2 million shares outstanding in ESOP
- Startup equity & terms How do you determine the value of a startup equity and negotiate “good” terms?
- Equity from startups Discord lists their base salaries on their jobs website now. Since the stock value is zero right now, does it mean your TC will be simply your base and your bonus. I am confused on how equity works in startups.
- Startup equity is massively underrated I keep seeing people diss startup offers compared to FAANG. The arguments generally fall under 2 categories: 1. Early stage startup shares are worthless because 90% companies fail. 2. Startup offer lower salaries so you'll lose $1M in 4 years had you picked FAANG. Both points are grossly misinform
- Startup Equity I recieved an offer from startup post series B. But the offer only has a cash component w/ performance based bonus without an equity component of any sort. Is that normal for a Fintech startup at this stage ?#equity #startup #fintech
- startup equity what is a fair equity package if you are the first marketing hire for a seed, series a or series b company? I am having a hard time evaluating if this startup is offering me too low (.25% max) #equity #startups #compensation
- Understanding startup equity Received offer at unicorn. They won’t share actual company value. Equity is stated as $100,000 in stock options How do I understand the value of this equity grant without knowing how many shares it equates to, or the value of the company? Some value must be assigned to a share in order to conver
- Startup equity Comparatively a noob on equity.. What questions I should ask when evaluating a startup's equity offer? Any good internet resources?
- Startup Equity. Series C unicorn startup. Finally got clarification on equity package. 1600 shares at a strike of $10 with current FMV valued at $55. Feeling pretty confused. Does strike and FMV seem high for a pre-ipo company? I feel like it should have been a red flag when they offered me a dollar value instead
- Startup equity I'm looking to join a hardware startup (3-4 years old) which is 60-80 people strong. They have series B funding (total funding I could find online including all rounds was ~$100m). I'm a new PhD grad, joining as a hardware engineer in R&D role (little bit of testing, designing etc.). Initial talks w
- Startup equity Courting a startup, never been at a startup before and it will be a moon lighting gig likely for equity. Startup is small, hardware in nature, and I would be the first sales/marketing/business guy. How do I value the equity? Founder's bootstrapped and they are about a month to presales on first prod
- Startup equity I was the 13th Employee and joined a startup before series A. I got .7 equity. After series A, it has become around .4. Does the initial equity (.7) sound fair?
- Equity in startup The guys has a history of exiting successfully. Raised >10M in seed. Will be employee number between 10-20 What can I expect in terms of equity? It’s for a software eng role. Currently with Amazon and have worked at a start up as head of engineering. TC 150k #tech #equity #startup #foundingteam
- Startup equity How much equity would be fair to ask for as someone coming in to drive growth in a relaunched early stage startup? (Equity only deal, no salary until Series A)
- Startup equity Interviewing at a startup unicorn.. But they just raised big money. As series D. My salary negotiation starts now.... If i had salary nego just two weeks.. Would have had better numbers?.. Noob at equity compensation. Will they quote stocks at latest funding price and give lesser stock..this last m
- Startup Equity Calculator Please correct me if I am wrong in the following simulation of equality valuation. Shares : 1 Preferred Price : $20 Strike Price : $10 Current Valuation : $1 billion Share value : Preferred ~ strike Hypothetical exit value : $5 billion Worth : $50 Hypothetical exit value : $10 billion Worth : $1
- Series D Startup package equity Series D, unicorn, with 1+B valuation, ~100-250 employees. What does fair equity look like for quite senior swe (a friend at senior staff/staff - 13+yoe)? 0.06%-0.07%? Was told no leveling at startup. Many other friends in startup world called bs or redflags. #tech #startup
- Startup equity After some research and soul-searching, I realized that we as candidates have to do something about the disparity between founder/investor shares and the employee pool. Apparently the founders of GitHub have retained at least 50%, while investors around 28%. Meanwhile, more than 700 employees get l
- Startup Equity I only know people at big companies. Trying to negotiate for a series a funded startup and figuring out how much equity to take. How much equity is reasonable for an engineer with 2 years exp? They have <10 engineers
- startup equity I'm entertaining an offer from a startup that seems to have a rather large addressable market, larger than most. what is a reasonable amount of equity for a high performing engineer (not yet senior)? initial numbers seem to be around .01% to .02% which seems 10x less than what I was expecting. I und
- startup equity I often see startups posting equity percentage as part of the comp for example 0.03%-0.1%. How do you know the worth of it? and at the end of day how do you convert that to real money? only when IPO?
- Startup equity noob I applied for a job in a Series C startup, but I'm still learning how equity and stock options work. So I don't know how to evaluate equity in an offer from a startup. What should I look at? What questions must I ask? Is the value of the equity a round 0 until the startup exits? #startup
- Startup equity Is it common for early stage startups disclose total stock outstanding?
- vote How do you value late stage startup equity? How do you value equity at late stage startups like Databricks, Stripe, Instacart, etc? In terms of growth potential relative to FAANG. In other words, which is more likely to double in value, FAANG stock or late stage private companies?
- Percentage of Startup Equity Is there a tool or formula out there that helps you find what percentage of a startups equity you should get based on your leveling and series? I have an offer and trying to figure out at what percentage I should negotiate.
- Equity from startup If you get $200k equity today (liquid money), how would you calculate the RSU you would ask from a pre-ipo startup? How would you bake in the risk that this paper money might not materialize.
- vote startup equity percentage Hi, I cleared the interview process of a startup. It has been founded by some rock stars of silicon valley (still in stealth mode, so cant reveal much). the team size is 4 as of now: ceo, cto(still codes, over 12 yoe) designer and 1 engineer with 10years of experience. how much equity should I expec
- Startup comp/ equity? What's the reasonable equity compensation expectation of early employee (first 5 ) in a startup?
- Startup Equity Comp At a startup that I helped sell for their series A to their investors. Joined just before it closed. Got ~.7% for Director level, got some BS on how they couldn't give more the board would expect to much blah blah before and how there's no VPs. I feel more like I got the complete raw end of the de
- Equity for early employees in a startup A startup reached out to me and would like me to work with them, 20 hrs/week (because I have a job and they said consider this a side project) with 0.25% equity. They told me their employee stock option pool is 2% They are in the ed tech industry, making a product where people can make money from s
- Equity at Startups Trying to understand how equity component works at startups. I would guess there is a vesting schedule for the equity just like the big firms have RSU vesting. Also what happens if you want to jump the ship in 2 years time before they go public? Is there a way to sell you stake?
- Equities at startups Hi, Can anyone help me to understand how the salaries at given in startups through equities? I would be joining as an entry level PM in one of the startups in SF. However , I’m new to startups and SF market as well. Are equities paid as % of valuation? How much scope is there for negotiation provide
- Series C startup equity What's a reasonable amount of equity for a SWE at a Series C startup? Is 0.15% good? I have 9 yoe. Valuation between 70-80mil. Most recent raise was in 2019, total funding raised from all rounds is around 40mil. Looking to IPO in 1-2 years. 60-70 employees. Coming from Uber, the value of the equ
- Startup equity help What are some good questions to ask recruiter while evaluating startup equity? Series B offer where all I know so far is number of units offered.
- Unicorn startups equity Do startups tell you your percentage and dilution risks on equity they give you? I've heard of numerous colleagues at large tech companies give up their big salaries for roles at startups like uber, airbnb, snapchat, etc. My question is how do they evaluate their "paper equity" -- do they just ass
- Valuing startup equity Hi all, I’ve recently received an offer from a startup looking to IPO in the next year and a half. Base is upper 200s. However, the equity component seems really low, around .04% of the company. This is for an engineering leadership position, with direct reports, in a position critical to the fu
- Calculating startup equity I'm trying to estimate the percentage equity (stock options) I've been offered at a series B startup where they refuse to tell me the # of outstanding shares. Are the calculations in the case study below valid? I've never interviewed with startups in the past so this is all new to me... Thanks in a
- 0.048% equity for a startup through ISO options They're at $900m valuation at series B. Got an offer with a 220k base and this feels like a lowball when I look at equity, but not sure. I have 8 yoe going from FAANG for a senior swe title. Does it look like a good offer? Thanks! P.S: recruiter was refusing to disclose total fully diluted outsta
- Startup Equity Question I’ve got a friend with a startup. It’s not yet VC funded, but it’s got potential with low cost of aquisition and good number of users. I’m considering joining in a sort of advisory position. It’s more than a usual advisor role, I’ll make some high level tech decisions, be the “tech voice” when meet
- Compare startup equity offers Say startup A was valued at 20b in the latest round; Startup B was 10b but has much larger potential than A to grow to 30b. Using preferred price, if startup A offers 1M equity and startup B offers 500k, should I consider B’s offer to be more competitive, because my equity has a larger upside towar
- Equity Diluted @ Startup Hi Blind Community! This is my first post. Basically I wanted to vent about how me and my teammates who worked for a start up were finessed by the CEO. We built 3 apps from scratch with a promise that we'd get X% of the company each, but we were naive and didn't know that the shares we signed a con
- Startup Equity Capital I am tired of working for others and I want to establish my own business. The problem is that I don’t have money to establish it. Does anyone have past experience in establishing business without having the capital? Any ideas for fundraising or finding a partner?
- Equity Refreshes at Startups I was wondering if there is any data out there on annual equity refreshes at startups? Does anyone have information, especially for managers and executives? Do they normally get annual refreshes like at larger companies? #equity #startup
- Grokking the startup equity Any resources to understand and negotiate startup equity and options? I'm trying to understand how to evaluate a startup offer against those from publicly traded companies. TC 240k YoE 5 years
- Startup equity success stories I am interested in hearing about how and where did people make money on equity , I have been giving lot's of startup interviews and got multiple offers from Series A to Series E startups with different equity % and more I read about it the more I think equity are basically worth nothing (dilution ,
- Series C Startup Equity Appreciate any advice or suggestions for approaching offer negotiation for a startup. - Functional head role - Series C startup with big name VCs - Current valuation at 30+ billion - Less than 500 employees What would a fair TC be? How much equity?
- Calculate startup equity percentage!! I received an offer from a series B startup valued at about 70 to 80 mil. Total money 💵 raised until now about 11 mil. The offer does mention total number of outstanding shares of the common stock as well as options granted to me over the period of 4 years. If I am calculating it correctly it come