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How do you evaluate an option offer?
10 Tips About Stock Option Agreements When Evaluating a Job Offer
- Exactly what is a stock option?
- How many shares will my option allow me to purchase?
- What’s the exercise price of my initial options?
- What is the company’s total capitalization?
- How many other options will be authorized?
How do you value a stock option offer?
The quick way of calculating the value of your options is to take the value of the company as given by the TechCrunch announcement of its latest funding round, divide by the number of outstanding shares and multiply by the number of options you have.
Can you sell options before IPO?
You can either sell just enough of your equity to cover your exercise costs, or sell all of it to take out cash prior to the IPO.
How do I evaluate my stock option offer?
There are four basic things you should understand to properly evaluate your offer. 1. Types of startup stock options 2. Your stock option agreement 3. Your vesting schedule 4. What happens when you leave the company
Should you take a stock option offer from a startup company?
“When companies cannot offer much by way of salary, they try to entice the employee with stock options” says Rizzo. “You need to be very careful in evaluating what the option offer is worth—if anything!” If a prospective start-up employer does offer equity, the job offer should dictate how much the company can or will offer you.
What is a stock option and how does it work?
A Stock Option gives you the ability to purchase shares of a company at a pre-defined price (the “strike price”). If your option plan lets you buy shares at $0.10 per share, and the company sells for $1.00 per share, you make a profit of $0.90 per share. Nice!
What are the biggest challenges facing people evaluating incentive stock options?
One of the biggest challenges people face when evaluating job offers that include Incentive Stock Options is understanding the current -and potential future value- of their ISO stock option grant.