TLDR Stock Options
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TLDR Stock Options
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#2Shouldn't a TLDR about stock options include critical information like 83(b) election, etc?
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#3Our goal with building this was not to be comprehensive, but to give founders and employees a way to have a more productive conversation about options and what they are worth. Too many startup employees I meet don't properly value the options they have, and too many potential hires don't negotiate for the right things, and wind up disappointed.
We hope this will take a small step towards correcting this problem.
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#4Shouldn't a TLDR about stock options include critical information like 83(b) election, etc?
That's probably in the too long tool people didn't bother reading.
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#5Shouldn't a TLDR about stock options include critical information like 83(b) election, etc?
That might be the "TL" part :)
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#6So taking the numbers at face value, we should be able to calculate the max acceptable cost you should be willing to incur to get those stock options. If you get, e.g. a 20% chance at a payout of 500 000 USD, not allowing for interest you might earn if applicable, or opportunity cost, whatever you need to do to get the options should not be worth more than 100 000 usd.
Reality is probably a little fuzzier than that, though.
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#7Our goal with building this was not to be comprehensive, but to give founders and employees a way to have a more productive conversation about options and what they are worth. Too many startup employees I meet don't properly value the options they have, and too many potential hires don't negotiate for the right things, and wind up disappointed. We hope this will take a small step towards correcting this problem.
Neat tool, I was able to put more than 100% ownership into a Company though and I don't think that should be possible.
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#8Links don't appear to be working to https://captable.io or https://angel.co/clear/how_much
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#9Our goal with building this was not to be comprehensive, but to give founders and employees a way to have a more productive conversation about options and what they are worth. Too many startup employees I meet don't properly value the options they have, and too many potential hires don't negotiate for the right things, and wind up disappointed. We hope this will take a small step towards correcting this problem.
Tools like this are really helpful for startup employees. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like there are some hidden assumptions about liquidation presence etc. Might be good to add a slider for that. (My employees would do pretty well at a $25M exit!)
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#10Something feels off with the data here. 65% of Series A companies will never exit, but 71% of Series C+ companies will never exit?
Edit: Thought about this a little deeper and it is possible with a lot of companies exiting prior to the Series C, but suspect the data set of Series C+ companies may just be too small?