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- Start up equity What’s standard equity for early stage (say seed stage) company? I know it’s usually quoted in % ownership but how much? Heard it’s between 0.5%-1%
- Start-up equity Why some start-ups make you return vested shares if you leave (haven't IPO)? Do they buy it back or do they just go to 0.
- Crypto start-up equity question I am negotiating a job offer to be the Sales/Growth Lead in a crypto startup? What % of company equity (the equity granted is not stock options) is a realistic ask?
- Early Stage Start-up Equity Expecting an offer but first time with a start-up. What are equity expectations? They are seed funded currently.
- Understanding start-up equity model.... Understanding (private) start-up equity model: 1) If a start-up offers 0.045% – 0.062% equity means, its that range of total company ownership in forms of stock? 2) Such offer comes at sign-on or vesting over the period of time or one-time allotment? 3) I'm kinda new to this, any other information
- Start up equity comp model For early stage start up equity compensation, is it common for start ups to ask their employees to invest money in the company to get shares as supposed to just giving shares of their company as compensation? By “early” I mean seed or series A with 10 people or less.
- Snapchat one time equity top up Heard that in view of the stock meltdown snap is offering a one time ‘same starting point’ equity grant to employees . What is the price and who is eligible? In a loop and wanted to read the tea leaves. TC : 300k Yoe: 10 #snap #refreshers
- Start-up Equity in offer How do you evaluate startup equity in an offer? it's startup with almost a billion in funding. liquidity being an issue with non-public company, any experiences with that equity grant? will be really helpful to hear success and horror stories of equity grant from startups and how it ended up.
- Start up offer & equity help Thinking about joining a start up (already secured Series A funding by a reputable VC) for a SaaS product for Enterprises. I'd be employee #18 and the only employee who has subject matter expert in the industry we are targeting. I am not a developer, I'd be on the business side. I'm being offered $
- Equity only start up role? I have an opportunity to join a startup as an executive in an equity only role - with a base salary dependent on the next fundraising round. I’d prefer to not work for free, but would prefer a small stipend every month to help me cover my bills on top of the equity Two questions; can I ask for my
- vote Start up offer no equity Got an offer from a startup which is pretty good for a salary in Texas $150k TC (70/30 split for technical sales). However, they don’t offer stock options or RSU’s because they were recently bought out by a private equity firm. Should I take it? Current TC - 87k
- Start up equity offer - market convention? what is the standard market convention for quoting options / shares in an equity offer for private company? my wsb experience has forced me to think about options contracts in the context of 100x shares per option. but do start up offers generally think about it the same? e.g. an offer of 100 optio
- Start up bought from equity investor I'm interviewing for a start up ~400 people that got recently bought by a private equity investor. Is that a good or a bad thing? What are the implications? Is there such thing as stocks, options, etc in this case? Can the company still IPO? I have very little knowledge in the matter and would app
- Would you give equity up for peace of mind? Here’s the scenario….. Joined a unicorn startup about 6 months ago TC: 600k (almost double what my previous TC was) But culture is extremely toxic Boss is unreasonably difficult Company is on fire however; backed by substantial investors and the growth in just 6 months of me being there has bee
- Question on how start up equity works So I dont know much about start up equity and thought I should ask Blind community to understand it better. Context is that I have an mid/senior level offer (~5YoE) from a start up with 0.01% equity over 4 years. Lets say current valuation for this start up is 1B in series C. Then its worth 100k.
- PMM @ a start up: equity? Leaving my PM job for a PMM role at a start up (raised a series A). I think the product is really interesting and the growth opportunities seem great since I would be first PMM. Here are the details: Base: $155 Equity: ~.05% at $70m post money No bonus YoE: 4 consulting, top MBA, and 1.5 as a PM
- Start up equity is it really worth it? Those who joined an early stage start up that successfully exited. Was it worth taking the lower pay for equity?
- Target equity for a series D start up Its for a software engineer role. And the company is backed by major VCs. (Sequioa, IVP etc). Total valuation: ~2B What is the reasonable equity % i should get for a senior software engineer role? YoE: ~5yr.
- link Stripe and Lyft Speed Up Equity Payouts to First Year https://www.theinformation.com/articles/stripe-and-lyft-speed-up-equity-payouts-to-first-year?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=6180769834556_6262953139156&utm_content=6262953139956&fbclid=IwAR3BT2LQbdwQ81IEhSYscd65yXNz-zqZo-Q3LyM62fPL5jD1ELcYwWQvScY_aem_AX-buHp8MDVGyj71igjvo2sH9x0r837
- Help be understand a start-up equity offer? I received an offer today at a startup with a $600M valuation. They are offering me .2% equity (1.2m value). How should I think about this offer? What math do I need to do to understand what it means for me if the company reaches 1B valuation? 10B valuation?
- What to do if you messed up not negotiating equity? You sign the offer but probably shouldn’t have. BS recruiting tactics worked but you’re working your ass off and find out you got significantly lower equity than your peers. Anything that can be done? Wait for one year then bring it up or bring it up early on? Thoughts on how to handle if it’s reall
- Equity for lead developer at early stage start up? I've been offered the lead developer role for an early stage start up in the Valley. They just closed their first round of funding. Haven't negotiated salary yet. Any ideas if and how much equity might be reasonable to negotiate for?
- Equity range for Series A and B start up? Hi Everyone, What is the best equity range for series A and B startup? I have got offer of 0.1 of series B. #equity #startup Thank you!
- vote Start-up with only 3 people for $120k and 1% equity? The role is for Founding Product Designer, and I’m new and changing industry from graphic design to product design. Is this a good idea? It felt like a good fit to me, but the shakiness of such a small company is kind of scary to me since I’ve built up a really strong and secure design career.
- Equity grant gone up after spin off for new hire??? It seems like new hires are getting more RSUs now.
- Equity percentage for series A start up with 6 yoe What should be the expected equity percentage to join a series A start up with 6 yoe?#equity #startup UPDATE: idk if it makes it any different, but they already have ~70 employees out of which 30 of them are engineers.
- How much equity should you negotiate for a start up? So the startup has roughly 3 million in funding. Cofounders have had successful previous startups. I'd be the 6th employee working under one of the cofounder 70 to 80 hrs a week.
- Does start up equity always vest from the end of first year? Interviewed a startup, they said every start up do that
- What to expect when start up you have equity in gets bought out? What to expect financially and organizationally?What’s the best tax strategy? Equity is held in incentive units. #equity #startup
- How much equity to ask for at early stage seed start up? Will be joining as the first designer & wondering how much comp would be reasonable. The company is under 25 employees right now and looking to grow to about 40 later by the end of the year. YOE: 7 TC: 300k
- Expected equity in Series B start-up with 20 odd employees and $15mil money raised. Wanted help to evaluate what should be an ideal expectation for equity in the above sized start-up in terms of percentage/$ amount! Location : Bay Area YOE ~6yrs
- Is start-up equity worth anything if I leave before IPO? I have never worked in a non publicly traded company. In early conversations with a start-up that is nowhere near IPO. Other than IPO, what are other cash out scenarios?
- Gave two weeks notice. Got concurrent email about equity re-up. Do I still get it? I got an email saying my equity will be doubled, and the paperwork to sign is coming soon. I'm not sure what the vesting schedule is, but I believe it's fully vested immediately based on previous contracts. At the same time, I just gave my two weeks notice. Are they required to still give me the eq
- How much base and equity should I expect for a coo role for series d tech start up? Interviewing w/ a series d fintech company for a coo role. Company valuation is about 500m. What base and equity should I expect?
- Is it possible to take equity in a start up B while on H1b at company A before joining start up B full time on H1b? Since you won't most probably receive any actual returns on that equity unless the start up B gets acquired or goes public and by that time you have already been in the start up for 5 years or so, will it matter? Even if they did catch you when you receive the money, they can cancel the H1b Visa due
- How much money did you get in exchange for equity when a start-up you work for got acquired? This is for engineers who work at startups and not necessarily for founders. If possible, please also post the name of the startup, which company acquired it and how much you got in exchange for your equity in the startup. You can also mention if you were the K'th engineer at the N person startup.
- Equity Shares vs rsu Google didn’t provide a simple answer for me. Start up I’m interviewing with only gives equity shares, is that better or worst than rsu?
- vote Fivetran, Hubspot or DocuSign Which offer would you choose? Hubspot - $223k, equity: $15,000 DocuSign - $250k, equity: $88,000 Fivetran - $210k, equity: $175k (series D) Any advice on pre-ipo negotiations? How much would you ask for with start up equity?
- What to negotiate from series B for Senior Software Engineer Pretty new to start ups, but get how the equity works. Pushed off them sending me the official offer because the deadline is a bit too soon. What's a good offer that I should be angling for? 180k / 6-7 basis points or should I be shooting for more? These are a16z and sequoia backed start ups th
- Seems impossible to buy a home in Bay Area Have been looking at houses from 3 months, prices are going up and up. Increased our budget from 1.7M to 2M. Still can’t seem to find a decent home. Renting now seems lot cheaper compared to owning a home. Don’t want to buy a house I don’t like, I want to enjoy living in the house and not buy it j
- Growth stock flushed and impact on TC? I saw some folks working at PINS, META, COIN, HOOD got catch up equity to retain their talent but the stock keeps going down... Are you expecting another equity distribution or now layoffs begin? I am hearing PINS, Zoom and Netflix are preparing for workforce reduction this quarter.
- How to evaluate equity in startups at series A and B. I received an offer from 2 startups, one series A and one series B. Series A: 100mil valuation, 0.15% equity, 180k base Series B: 350mil valuation, 0.04% equity, 175k base How do I technically compare the equity between these offers? And how do people negotiate for more equity at early stage st
- vote Is the Bay Area the biggest fraud ever? This week marks my 10th anniversary since I moved to the Bay Area. Over all these years, I've met some of the best friends I've ever had, only to see them move out of state a few years later due to cost of living. Today, I just got word from another person on my social circle who is moving to Color
- vote Start-up Crypto Data Science Offer Eval Need help evaluating a start up offer, company is focused on data science revolving on chain data and analytics akin to Dune platform Seed Stage / Pre-series A Fully Funded 250k base 6% equity (candy corn valuation at 1.2mm over 4 years) 550k TC Current Position 4.5yoe 370k TC (200k base, 170k bon
- Is it normal for Google to include sign-on as part of the TC? I got my first offer today. What confuses me is that the recruiter included a sign-on bonus in the total package, so I feel like they purposely gave me a sign-on so my equity is lower because of that. I wonder if it's worth it to reject this offer and ask for more equity and give up the sign-on bon
- vote Starting at twitter next week Accepted before all of this elon stuff came up. Scared what elon will do in terms of culture (wlb and rto), what will happen to equity, etc. What do i do…..? join or nah? #twitter tc will be 230, PM I
- Equity Offer - Post Series B Here is another generic is this a fair offer post Sales Position at start up. Good bump in base: Up 30% (feel good about that) Equity: 0.08% (500M valuation, more than 100 employees) I feel good about the company, the product, and direction. But the equity seems low based on what I’ve read here.
- 1 year cliff on equity vesting? Wtf? I don't mind taking lower cash comp to get equity but it seems like bullshit to ask someone to work for a year at low cash comp with no equity vesting. A start-up could just fire someone after 364 days and say, "thanks for working your ass off for nearly a year for cheap. No equity for you!". It
- Airbnb raises $1b in debt, gets totally shafted Paying 11% to 12% interest, and giving the private equity firms option to purchase stock at $18B valuation. When you need a ton of cash, private equity will hook you up...but it will absolutely be worth their while. https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-paying-10-percent-interest-debt-valuation-c
- link Another post to ignore equity rating https://patch.com/california/fremont/fremont-has-8th-best-high-school-ca-2022-u-s-news Fremont schools ranking in order ( see article above) 1. MSJ 2. Irvington 3. American 4. Washington 5. Kennedy Great school ratings pulled by Zillow/Redfin is misleading buyers(including me). MSJ is rated 9 wh