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by deanmoriarty 2637 days ago
I would love to understand how employee #1 got an "embarrassingly" low amount from a 9 figure sale, especially when you say that the exercise tax would have been high. What was the issue? I can think of:

1) Massive dilution or liquidation preferences?

2) Failure to negotiate significant equity at the beginning of the company?

3) Something else?