An angel investor who owns 1% of a company and an employee who is offered 1% of the company are not not not in materially similar positions.
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An angel who hits jackpot and invests in e.g. Twitter has many early options for getting liquid. Employees often golden-handcuffed to firm.
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This was an actual thing with Twitter pre-IPO: early employees couldn't afford tax bill if they left and exercised options, had to wait yrs.
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@patio11 Was always my argument against investing in a voluntary stock option. Esp if company is high-risk. It's anti-diversification.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11@sstrudeau and another reason why venture incentives are often misaligned for the companyhttps://twitter.com/daveambrose/status/547508322635907072 …
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