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by chopete2 2995 days ago
I think the main reason he doesnt want you to exercise is nothing about being personal. He is legally liable to expose significant amount of information about the company to you going forward, whether he likes or not, which includes every fund raising, aquitions, 409 and more.

My other surprising thing is, how could you be a sales guy, doing 85% of 7M and still be naive to believe in personal vendetta?.

Either you are too young or something is missing in the story.

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Thanks for the additional insight into his possible perspective.

As for your question - I joined the company while still in my undergraduate studies and it has been my only "real world" work experience thus far. I'm guessing the point you're trying to make is that business is business and not personal?

In that case, I shouldn't have any hesitation to exercise since it's legally viable to do so. Regardless of what that may do to the relationship and potential opportunities in the future. I understand your point, but at the same time, I still feel (maybe my naivete) that there may be some negative recourse for doing something that he feels so strongly opposed.