Startups Anonymous Est. 2013 · Read-only archive
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How much should early employees receive in a acqui-hires?

I understand money is paid back to the investors – but how much money are early employees supposed to get in the pool that is left over – say they owned 2-4% of the company

2 answers from the community

AAnonymous· Jun 25, 2019

Ideally enough so the employees feel they haven't wasted their time or got shortchanged. But realistically speaking, when a company is acquihired early employees should be able to buy a new car with their check but not a house.

AAnonymous· Oct 16, 2019

Check out Phantom Equity, Its better and employee gains as long as they stay with company and company gains as well.