5 Things I Wish I Knew About Startup Equity

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SUMMARY
5 Things I Wish I Knew About Startup Equity
#1 - Negotiate for more equity
#2 - Options aren't all the same!
#3 - The final tax bill is hefty.
#4 - Early exercise can potentially save you a boat load of taxes.
#5 - There's even a possibility for NO federal tax.

[@kriswina22]

great tips! THANK YOU

[@UsamaIqbal36]

Thank you so much for this, currently negotiating my equity options based on your advise!

[@alleyne361]

Thank you sooooo much for this video!

[@d.theartist145]

Thanks so much!

[@akweteylouis]

Great work!

[@lilyshawn5454]

your channel is a treasure to me. Thank you so so so much

[@jasjeetkaur2138]

Very helpful video. Thanks a lot.

[@uprisemoney]

No problem!

[@walterrodriguez9550]

Thank you so much!

[@uprisemoney]

I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@leomega]

SUPER HELPFUL

[@uprisemoney]

Great! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@AverageAngel]

the early exercise seems like the best part of the video as the capital gain would be at a lower price since it's earlier in time

[@ref1c]

Thanks for the explanation and congrats on your company's IPO!

[@ashishkhandelwal6116]

ISO video please

[@kiranbhanushali7069]

If exersise is at liquidation event, if employee leaves before liquidate even would it be exersisable when liquidation event occurs?

[@Zn0nimus]

Is there a scenario where it makes sense to get single digit stock options? Like, 5 or 6 shares for early small start ups?

[@rudhisundar]

NO! FUCK NO!

[@tiffypressstart3412]

Can people ever withdraw/sell? Like do they have to wait after the first year (based on your example of 4 year vesting and year 1 is @25%.)

[@uprisemoney]

Yes, you have to wait for equity grants to vest before you can sell. (Even after the equity vests, if the company is private, you likely won't be able to sell immediately because the stock is not publicly traded.)

[@ninjaninja9954]

Lol in UK our income tax rate is like 40% on anything over £50k! In America it is only at 40% on like anything over $400k lol

[@uprisemoney]

Crazy!

[@billykotsos4642]

Yh but…healthcare…

[@-Jason-L]

@billykotsos4642 if you think the government runs it more efficiently than private sector, i have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you

[@michaelohwtf]

Healthcare may sound great, but NHS is a mess and good luck on a waiting list.

[@danf4447]

wery thick with fluff word salad. not a lot of solid information. you can do better. 7 minutes in and all you have done is define an option.

[@uprisemoney]

Thanks for your feedback! Always looking to make our videos better. What would you suggest?

[@lisnn4]

​@uprisemoney you did great! No fluff, I learned a lot!