1. Note that an effective salary cut of 50% means you can double your salary with a new job. 2. The single most effective way to get a salary raise is to show

1. Note that an effective salary cut of 50% means you can double your salary with a new job. 2. The single most effective way to get a salary raise is to show how much you're worth on the market, ie, get an outside offer. Use this tactic carefully. 3. My unscientific method is to value stock vesting at Series A companies at 40% of face value due to them being high-risk assets. Worth to VC = 1% / 4 years vesting = 0.25% / year * $12M = $30k / year. Worth to you, adjustment for being a high-risk asset: ($30k / year) * 40% = $12.5k / year. That's how much your equity is worth, maybe a bit more since you have additional traction.