Earning through ESOP

What is a fair ESOP to Cash Component ratio in the CTC for a product manager with 3-4 years of experience in a start-up at $20 mn valuation, at series A?

As a software engineer with 1.5yrs of experience, how much ESOPs shall I ask from a Seed funded startup. I am here since initial days of company. Is it a certain percentage of valuation? What's the market standard?

At an early stage startup that is VC funded. Had posted a question on understanding esops which provided great clarity. Now curious as to how much people actually have ended up making from ESOP buybacks. Would be great if you can share- initial exercise price, quantum of esops and final price at which you sold. I currently have 25L in esops for a 2M$ funded company at a strike price of 10.

I’m considering joining as a founding engineer at an early stage startup who is just about to sign a $4M seed round. They offered to match my current base and a $20,000 in ESOPs. When joining at such early stage companies, how should I think of ESOPs so that I can better negotiate. I’m banking on this idea going big and I want to get as much ESOPs as possible to maximise my returns in the future.

Hey folks, Got a full time offer as an APM and they offered: 1. 10 LPA Base 2. 1 lakh Retention Bonus (will be given in the first month) 3. 1 lakh ESOPS Should I accept or negotiate for more? If I negotiate, which component should I negotiate and how much? Thanks in advance.

I have 6 years experience. My current base/fixed is 60 LPA. (I also got a 5 lakh bonus and 5 lakh of my ESOPs vested this year making my total vested about 30 lakh. So the total comp is 70). I'm being offered a senior engineer position in an early stage startup (as part of the founding engineer team). They haven't given an offer yet. Being early stage, the emphasis will most likely be on ESOPs. How do I evaluate this and set my expectations? (If I were to switch to a mature company, I believe the hikes usually are between 15-20%? How does this work for early stage startups?)

One of my past companies is expected to go public soon and I'll be receive a bulk of money in esops, what are some of the best practises to be noted to manage the quantum ?

I am in discussion with some very early stage startup and if things work out then will be part of the founding team. They have promised to give me same salary as the current company’s salary but give ESOP. Is ESOP worth it if you are founding team member? The founder has sold his previous company so higher chance of success it looks to me. Is there any case where person made huge money on ESOP?

Biz dev role, full time engagement, equity. DTC exposure is must. Right now we are in product development & testing early pmf phase. Matching salary. Product - A SAAS solution for non tech savvy DTC brands to reduce their ad spend upto 40% through influencer led sales. Problem - Indian D2C brands spend $7b every year on ad spend only to achieve < 2% retention and <2 ROAS. This is because there is no other way other than ad spend to acq. customers. Core team in place - 2 engineers, 1 COO, 1 CTO & 1 PM. Enough cash to survive till pre-seed and get to early pmf. Raising pre-seed now to onboard 100 DTC brands. Founders: ex-Microsoft, Pixis, Swiggy, Zomato, Udaan, Rapido Equity you get will yield following - At the end of yr. 5: Best case exit for you: ~7-9cr. Avg case: 3-5cr. Worst case: 60L-1cr. Along with equity from starting day. You will keep on getting more and more ESOP rewards linked to value creation (revenue, growth, unlocking partnerships) or annual cash bonus (% of the value added).