> And when they simply can't afford to exercise options. fwiw if anyone is ever in this spot personally... there are almost always VCs/banks/investors/coworker

> And when they simply can't afford to exercise options. fwiw if anyone is ever in this spot personally... there are almost always VCs/banks/investors/coworkers willing to front the cash to exercise options in exchange for some upside on the potential gain (I think there are entire startups based on this premise?). It's def worth asking around.