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"All you really care about is the % of the company you are potentially getting and the current value of the company." Respectfully disagree: what you care abou
by greghinch 13y ago
"All you really care about is the % of the company you are potentially getting and the current value of the company."
Respectfully disagree: what you care about is strike price, share price, and quantity. Percentage can be a good indicator, but ultimately, those 3 figures are what will determine your payout. As a hypothetical, getting 10% of a company with a strike price just shy of the share price on exit is still pretty worthless.
- georgemcbay 13y agoThe share price for the types of companies this article focuses on is generally unknown (as anything other than wild ass guesstimates) at the time this would be a concern for new employees. Percentage of ownership isn't unknown and thus may be more useful, but ultimately neither is a guarantee of anything since either way you can be virtually wiped out by future dilution if you're just a common share pleb, which is by far the norm for non-founder early employees.