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by optionadvice 3928 days ago
Good point... I guess it's either lose $20k 9 months ago for possibly no money, or makes slightly less millions later with no risk.
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Yup. Also, without knowing anything about the company, it was probably the right call not to exercise anyway. With a 10 year window, there is not really any incentive to exercise early, since the startup could fail for many reasons (unless you are fairly confident the company will be a massive success, in which case I guess you wouldn't have left :).