EquityBee VS Financial Independence Calculator

I'm trying to decide if I should exercise the stock options. I have been saving up some money that could be used for this, but I'm not sure it's the best idea. I've started looking into the service equitybee that would enable me to exercise the options without using my own money but I would be sacrificing a portion of the upside. I believe they take about 30% of the profits when there is a liquidation event. Source: over 1 year ago

You could look into companies like Equity Bee. They will review the company (as much as they can) and determine if the options are worth acquiring. If the answer is yes, they will purchase on your behalf and pay you out a portion of the value. Source: over 1 year ago

Check out these companies that lend you money to exercise your options if they find the company tasty. Https://vested.co Https://equitybee.com. Source: over 1 year ago

Additionally, there is a company called EquityBee that offers to connect you with investors who participate in the cost of the options in exchange for a portion of the profit once they're worth something. This can essentially remove the risk you take when buying the options, in exchange for some of the profits later on. Source: almost 2 years ago

EquityBee - "EquityBee enables startup builders, the employees, to obtain the capital needed to exercise their stock options.". Source: about 2 years ago

The 4% rule always sounded too aggressive for me but yeah, there are spots around the globe where you could theoretically take your $600k and peace out to an early retirement, leading a pretty basic lifestyle (check the list). Source: 11 months ago

Have you had a look at https://nomadlist.com/fire yet? Source: over 1 year ago

Someone else posted this one, and there are probably other cost of living "calculators" out there where you can input income and find places you can afford to live. Source: over 1 year ago

The Nomad list has a FIRE calculator that used to be free and would list a bunch of cities all over the world and when/how much you would need to FIRE there based on your numbers. You need to sign up and pay a one time $90 fee now to access everything (I think like the top 10 places you could FIRE at this very moment/soonest) for free still though. It was really fun to play around and fantasize about retiring of I... Source: over 1 year ago

NomadList has a page on this: https://nomadlist.com/fire. Source: over 1 year ago