The Problem with startup Stock Options

Опубликовано: 01 Март 2026
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If you've worked for a startup or founded one, you must have heard of employee stock options- but I have found many people, both employees and founders, that just don't get how they work. So much so that 55% of startup employees in the US never exercise their stock options- which breaks my heart as a founder.

Just like any legal startup document, this sounds like it's made deliberately complicated just to mess with you, but I promise you it's not. It's just that dealing with company shares isn't easy.

But that's what our 101 series is here for.

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