emilepetrone
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Current: Fatfire.com Past: Founder of Tindie, Sr PM @ Netflix
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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
With more digging, I found a good breakdown on this - https://westaway.com/faq/who-pays-the-legal-fees-in-a-startu...
"To be clear, the term requiring startups to pay for investor counsel fees is unjust. This is because startups are forced to pay the legal fees of the counsel negotiating against them. "
I wonder if YC would start pushing investors to stop this practice
Comment · 4 years ago
I wrote this post over the weekend that caught on in /r/cscareerquestions (192k views so far) & on Github (539 stars). I'm interested to hear if there are topics members of HN are interested in too. A few of the topics being:
- Reviewing companies & selecting the right opportunity
- Salaries, pay raises, and how packages are structured
- Startups vs big companies
- Stock options vs RSUs - how they work, exercising them, the tax implications.
- Bonuses - what to expect and also the tax implications
- Investing in your retirement (401ks, IRAs, etc)
- Real estate - renting in these high costs of living areas vs buying
- Tech investing - becoming an angel investor & VC investing
- Contract work - how to bill & taxes
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
"The exercise price of Mr. Khosrowshahi’s options was lowered to $33.65 per share by the company early last year, eight months after they were issued at $41.65. Such repricings have become rare at public companies due to fierce opposition from investor advisory firms and other investor groups. The repricing, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing but hasn’t previously been reported, could cause some investors to view Uber’s board more skeptically, said an investor group."