Mary Russell

There are a number of Bay Area attorneys that can help you understand your rights in regard to options as well as provide valuable negotiation and tax advice. You'll want a small firm attorney with... (more)

I have three thoughts:

1) In my experience, most early stage investors don't like it when you pay finders fees because you are essentially paying the finder with their money. They would rather the... (more)

I know others are saying this, but it's worth repeating until everybody listens…

no, no, NOOO!

First of all, unless they have an appropriate broker-dealer license you aren't supposed to engage pe... (more)

Payscale is both:
1) Very accurate and useful
2) Very general and frustrating

How can these both be true?
Accuracy is a matter of what is being reported.  Payscale data is well vetted, well struc... (more)

The relevant date for setting the exercise price is the "grant date." Most documents - not all - provide that the date of grant is the date the board officially granted the stock options. Did that ... (more)

I can only speak to American customs, not UK trends. In the US it would be unusual to have a seed round with VCs but only common stock, unless the VCs invested in convertible notes.

If they mean 2... (more)

The right compensation offer for you at the startup would include something to make up for what you are leaving at FB.

People negotiate to make up lost bonuses or equity as signing bonuses or inc... (more)

Thanks for asking me to answer. I would start by deciding what you think the right compensation would be for you. According to Boris Epstein of BINC Search, companies decide the right compensation ... (more)