holman/extended-exercise-windows on Hacker News

> https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows This is a nice list, thanks! No idea how complete that is, but it lists roughly ~160 companies. Which is nice, but according to [1] there are about 71K startups in the US. (Of course…

comment by jjav · 2024-06-14 · in Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity

…offered early exercise of 25k options with a $2 strike price. Series B startup. So yeah... [0] - https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by dilyevsky · 2024-06-13 · in Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity

…than that you risk losing familiarity with on call procedures, the observability systems, etc. [1] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by brd529 · 2023-07-10 · in Ask HN: (How much) do you get paid for being on call?

…IMO neither should you. [1]: https://blog.samaltman.com/employee-equity#:~:text=2)%20Most... . [2]: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by maerF0x0 · 2022-06-16 · in What should you do with stock options during a recession?

That's true, although there are more companies offering extended exercise windows: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by bspear · 2022-02-09 · in Open Salary and Equity Database

…[3] https://triplebyte.com/blog/fixing-the-inequity-of-startup-e... [4] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by gregdoesit · 2021-09-30 · in Tell HN: Amplitude (YC W12) just went public – AMA

…window. We've made this change at Ockam. Here's a list of companies with extended exercise windows https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by mattgreg · 2021-08-03 · in Bitten by the 90 day exercise window

…to understand what that actually means. He compiled a list of startups with sane exercise windows: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by rjzzleep · 2021-05-22 · in Working at a startup is overrated, both financially and emotionally

…>2 years) experience the opportunity to exercise for 3+ years and sometimes significantly longer. https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows is a good resource!

comment by thomasdub · 2020-12-18 · in Equity guide for employees at fast-growing companies

…with extended windows [1]. At this point I would never join a company with 90 day windows. [1] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by brd529 · 2020-08-18 · in If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees

…[1] This is something Triplebyte started, and they have a guide for how to implement it. [2] [1] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows [2] https://triplebyte.com/blog/extending-stock-option-exercise-...

comment by jefftk · 2019-12-24 · in Working for a startup makes less sense

…a priced equity round yet. Early exercise. 2. Join startups that support Extended Exercise Windows. https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by compumike · 2019-09-05 · in Should you buy your stock options when you quit?

…you need to leave early for any reason, you're potentially throwing away millions of dollars. [1] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by nathan_f77 · 2019-02-28 · in What you need to know before you join a startup

…happened yet. In the meantime, you can see a list of companies that have committed to them here: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows .

comment by snowmaker · 2019-01-28 · in A Standard and Clean Series A Term Sheet

…damage startups too much; good for incumbents since it again makes startups higher-friction). [0] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by pcl · 2017-11-15 · in Update on Stock Options/RSUs Vesting Issue

…Hopefully more startups will offer extended exercise windows of several years. Some are. See: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by abalone · 2017-03-07 · in Stock options are complicated

…And keeps an ongoing list of companies that offer extended exercise windows: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows As somebody who has personally experienced every aspect of the stock option lifecycle (which fortunately w

comment by birken · 2017-03-06 · in Stock options are complicated

…company is worth very little and then not have to worry about the 90 day expiry period later. 1: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by birken · 2016-12-08 · in The liquidity what if? Our alternative to employee options/equity grants

…that have extended vesting periods, such as Coinbase, Pinterest, Asana, and Tilt (list here: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows ). They also invested in CodeCombat and I'm sure some other startups on that list (I didn't…

comment by argonaut · 2016-06-28 · in 10-Year Exercise Periods Make Sense

…because a16z tends to only invest in hot/great companies, by definition. You can go down the list: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows . Many other companies have a16z as an investor. Tilt and CodeCombat are two of them.

comment by argonaut · 2016-06-28 · in 10-Year Exercise Periods Make Sense

…considered standard. Hence we've only seen the hottest companies achieve 7-10 year exercise terms. https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows I've argued that as a cohort, YC is the best candidate to make a large push against VCs…

comment by hkmurakami · 2016-06-28 · in 10-Year Exercise Periods Make Sense

…Note: In Adam's example, nobody leaves the pre-IPO company in under 4 years of service.[2] [1] https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows [2] "imagine a company takes 10 years to IPO. Employee A works at the company from years 0…

comment by abalone · 2016-06-27 · in 10-Year Exercise Periods Make Sense

…of companies with >90 day windows, and I just added a note about a16z portfolio companies on it: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows#vcs This may be good for a16z's bottom line, but I think it's important for those of us…

comment by holman · 2016-06-24 · in The Lack of Options for Startup Employees’ Options

Here's a list of such companies with extended exercise windows: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows Disclaimer: I work at Flexport which has a ten-year window.

comment by dmnd · 2016-05-01 · in Handcuffed to Uber

…after leaving the company. There are some friendlier companies with longer exercise windows. See: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by _9vpl · 2016-05-01 · in Handcuffed to Uber

…using them as retention leverage. You can find a (very small) list maintained by Zach Holman here: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows I assume Zach got interested because he discovered after he was fired from github that…

comment by x0x0 · 2016-03-13 · in A better offer letter

…https://github.com/jlevy/og-equity-compensation . And here are some companies that offer >90 days: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows (e.g., Coinbase and Pinterest with 7 years, Quora and Asana with 10 years, etc.).…

comment by prdonahue · 2016-02-22 · in Stock Plan Used by Hundreds of YC Companies

…since I think it's important to help promote companies that are doing this for their employees: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by holman · 2016-01-19 · in Gilt Groupe Is a Cautionary Tale for Startup Employees Banking on Stock Options

…to change. @holman has started a GitHub project listing companies with favorable exercise windows. https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows

comment by maccman · 2016-01-11 · in Our Stock Option pledge