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by molsongolden 1471 days ago
Extremely simplified thought exercise with very rough possible #’s:

Vesting 2,875 shares per year

2,875 @ $(14-1.50)= $36k/yr

Assuming IPO @ $200MM ARR, public cloud SaaS benchmark rev multiple was roughly 20x last year before the crash.

That’s a $4B valuation, ignoring dilution from here to there:

$4B/70M shares = $57/share

2,875 @ $(57-1.5) = $160k/yr

That’s assuming the market recovers to a similar level, ignoring further dilution, assuming the company continues executing and doesn’t hit unforeseen difficulties, etc.

Can you make that much with less risk by changing jobs?

- Another consideration might be diversification if your vested options represent a large % of your portfolio.

- Another consideration, “work environment is great” isn’t something that everybody can say and this might be worth more than the raise.

1 comments

That's really helpful, thank you!