WebsiteOutlook VS TLDR Options

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TLDR Options mentions (8)

• first startup job offer: how to value stock options?

  To put a # on it, take your (preferred price - strike price) * # options. This is the paper $ value today assuming you fully vest. You can project what this could be based on how valuation grows. This is a tool for that. But only thing you can control today is making sure you have 1. a salary that you can live on + exercise your options; 2. Enough equity to be worth your time. Source: almost 2 years ago

• How does actual process work? You join a StartUp pre IPO = rich?

  Use something like tldroptions.io to forecast. Source: about 2 years ago

• Leaving IT after only 7 months at my job

  Stock Options – Inversely if you work for a startup, you might get stock options. These are a LONG shot gambling game (like 2% pay off), but I know some guys who their stock is trading in the 30’s and their options were in the $2 range so assuming they make it to lockout I expect to get a call to hang out on their yacht. Personally, there are so many options to screw the employee like clawbacks/ratchet clauses I... Source: about 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Should an experienced engineer join a startup?

  I don't really get why you'd be asking this question. Especially if you're making that much money a year. Do the math. https://tldroptions.io/ In just about every case, you're rolling dice for what? A faster paced environment and sleepless nights? I get it, the hedonic treadmill is real. Happiness isn't bought with money, but couldn't you just save enough money to semi-retire and do something different at that point? - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Why don’t startups share their cap table and/or shares outstanding?

  Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_dilution : > Stock dilution, also known as equity dilution, is the decrease in existing shareholders' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity.[1] New equity increases the total shares outstanding which has a dilutive effect on the ownership percentage of existing shareholders. This increase in the number of shares outstanding can... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago