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Why would that matter? He was asked, and he said yes. These were options paid to him for his involvement on the board, not money invested by him. If you did
by catch23 15y ago
Why would that matter? He was asked, and he said yes. These were options paid to him for his involvement on the board, not money invested by him.
If you did some work for someone, and they paid you with stock instead of cash, wouldn't you feel like converting that to cash the first chance you get?
- eurohacker 15y agoNO. if i would have a successful company like 37signals and enough money - i would keep the additional startups as long as possible, since there is not much to loose especially would keep the shares of the "hottest" and "fastest growing" startup groupon
- rayiner 15y agoWhat if he needed the liquidity? There are all sorts of reasons to sell stock at a particular time that have nothing to do with cashing out on a company one believes will flame out.
- eurohacker 15y agohe could have other startups to cash out on then , instead of groupon,
- daniel1980fl 15y agoexactly. other than your mother in hospital needing new liver tonight the latest, I dont see a reason of dumping options of facebook, twitter, groupon zynga or other white-hot startup. thats something you just dont do!
- catch23 15y agosounds like you're just a hater.