Good blog on all these issues and more: http://venturehacks.com/
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Hendro Wijaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Wow..the response here is fast. Thanks all. > Anyone else has any thought on this subject, please? > > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Sriram Panyam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> >> I thougth that was only for public companies. I suppose for a private >> company (or a startup) that translates to getting the XX % as the initial >> "share price" is zero right (if not zero if you take negative cash flows >> into account)? >> >> cheers >> Sri >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Maxim Shklyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> As little as I know it works like this: >>> >>> You not get 0.0..% , you get an option to buy X shares at >>> a given price (normally the share price when you started working). When you >>> want to execute the options if the share price is higher, than you get >>> something, otherwise not.. >>> >>> The X shares you get are vested over some time (like 2 >>> years) – if you quit after 1 year you only get X/2.. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_stock_option >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vested >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Maxim Shklyar >>> >>> kisla interactive >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Hendro Wijaya >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 November 2008 9:53 >>> *To:* silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >>> *Subject:* [SiliconBeach] Employees' stock agreement >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> My name is Hendro and this is my first post here. :) >>> I'm curious on how the agreement works for the company that want to give >>> their employees some stocks options (like Google / Microsoft for example). >>> Are they talking in terms of % like "I give you 0.02%?". That doesn't sounds >>> so appealing. >>> >>> I have a plan to hire some early developers. They will be given some >>> salary like usual but, to ensure they have common interest to drive the >>> company forward, I would love to do some profit sharing scheme in a scalable >>> way. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Hendro >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Blog: http://panyam.wordpress.com >> URL: http://www.geocities.com/spany_1 >> >> >> > > > > -- Elias Bizannes http://liako.biz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---