Tech IndustrySep 1, 2016
UberBke6as
Nothing is guaranteed
Least of which is startup employee options/RSUs http://www.businessinsider.com/bed-bath-and-beyond-30-million-one-kings-lane-2016-8
Bed Bath & Beyond paid less than $30 million for One Kings Lane, a startup that was once worth $900 million
Business Insider
Business Insider
Well yes duh...most start ups fail. An exit at all is considered successful by most accounts.
Sure, then why are people on here salivating over $1m RSUs in a private co? It's not real until it's real.
I have no idea. My guess is they don't understand start ups or equity. Media makes this hard I suppose, techcrunch only writes about the 1 out of 10 startups that succeed which makes it look easy. Probably the same reason I see people write about "stocks" it's the majority of their comp and they don't understand it well enough to know that "stocks" isn't a word...