[gyardley]

His list implies he's raising money and issuing options.

Although only the percentage ownership should matter, many employees react very differently to getting a tiny number of options at a relatively high strike price vs. a big whopping number of options at a miniscule strike price.

[epi0Bauqu]

A 2 min conversation should fix that.

[gyardley]

I agree, but in my experience it doesn't - primarily because the candidates are getting tons of conflicting advice from friends, family, and other startups they're interviewing with. Respectable-sounding number of options = safer.