There are companies that will finance your options exercise in exchange for a cut of the earnings in the event of an exit. I haven't personally used one, but they do exist.
There are companies that will finance your options exercise in exchange for a cut of the earnings in the event of an exit. I haven't personally used one, but they do exist.
There’s a much better option - simply offer nso conversion with much longer exercise window
and the most important thing someone told me is that 100% of $0 is $0. x% of a big number > $0
Yeah, but you should try to shop for a deal where 100 - x is as big a number as you can negotiate.
Oh absolutely, the important bit is that 100% of $0 is $0.