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How many shares should you ask for(equity compensation) when you join a startup?

By at July 25, 2011 | 8:47 am | 0 Comment

How many shares should you ask for(equity compensation) when you join a startup?

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Microsoft when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? So people ask me “How many shares should I ask for when I join a startup today?” In reality, the number of shares doesn’t mean anything – it’s your percent of the total that you need to negotiate. For example, 200,000 more...

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