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| | If you have worked for a tech startup, you have probably earned incentive stock options (ISOs) as part of your compensation. ISOs are notoriously difficult to understand, let alone to strategize. In most cases, it frankly doesn't matter, because most startups will not become spectacularly successful, and therefore, the options will never become a dominant...
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| | Negotiating startup equity? Learn the key details of early stage startup offers, from equity stake negotiations, percentage calculations, tax planning for startup stock options or restricted stock, vesting schedules and change of control terms. Good luck!
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| | How to think about equity compensation with an early-stage startup offer
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| Quick note: I'm not your lawyer. I'm not giving legal advice in this post. Back in the olden days of venture capital, company boards had wide discretion in pricing company options. As is true today, there was a requirement that options be priced at or above the "fair market value" of the underlying stock (otherwise there would be tax consequences to the optionee and sometimes to the company as well). However the board could determine what that fair market value was and, generally speaking, there wasn't a practical way that these valuations could be challenged. Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company's stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of...