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> A lot of those 11% are still "failures" for the employees though - IPOs almost always are positive for employees, but acquisitions are not. > My personal, uns
by opendais 12y ago
> A lot of those 11% are still "failures" for the employees though - IPOs almost always are positive for employees, but acquisitions are not.
> My personal, unscientific ballpark is that the odds of exiting your options for at least the same amount as the original grant valuation is somewhere in the sub-1% range.
Fair enough, but lets call it .5%. Maybe I was off a decimal place. ;)
.5% of a chance at $200,000 is still worth something.
- potatolicious 12y agoIt's worth $1000 ;) Of course, the entire intent of options in startups is to convince you that it's worth much more than $1000. Best not be fooled.
- opendais 12y agoOh, I am sure. ;) I just would go with my valuation of the total compensation, not theirs. Same as I would do selling/buying a car.