Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Not often.

But making it costlier to participate only makes the proposition riskier or fiscally unfeisable.

That hurts employees.

Startups are useful in that they trade off innovation for risk - a handful of startups make huge impacts and grow into successful companies.

People know that when they sign up to work for a startup - finding out they can't realize the upside potential is the surprise.



So do you think this could lead to more people like Bob ponying up $50k to exercise the options considering that he is unlikely to realize a gain?




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: