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throwaway4748
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throwaway4748
6y ago
very well. I forward exercised my options when i joined at a strike price of $.13. the stock is now over $20 in private markets and will IPO next year.
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throwaway4748
6y ago
Smaller percentage of a much larger company. It’s a speculative market right now which helps. Most of these startups you’re seeing in the news are going public at $5B-$10B plus valuations. The big ones for $50B+
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throwaway4748
6y ago
I became a millionaire with options from a startup IPO and hardly feel that I won the lottery. There’s thousands of employees at dozens of private companies that either went public this year or will next that will be in the same position. C