Sirji 🙏🙏 
  
 But cofounders ke returns are very very different from early employees

Software Developer

🙏 can't compare with founders.... how much did first 5 leadership core team employees of your organisation made when your firm reached a valuation of $500M.

Product Owner

Close to 6 Cr. I joined when the company was already public.  It took around 6 years.

Sounds awesome, what role did you join in as

Staff Engineer

Hi Community, looking for some more data points here. Kindly help.

How much cash in the bank have you earned through ESOPs (not the value on paper)  It would be helpful if you could also mention the time period in which it was earned, the funding stage of the comp...

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How much cash in the bank have you earned through ESOPs (not the value on paper)

It would be helpful if you could also mention the time period in which it was earned, the funding stage of the company when you joined and at what role did you join, yoe.

Evaluating an offer from a seed stage startup.

Earning through ESOP

Earning through ESOP- Grapevine

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

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?

ESOP allocation

Product Manager

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?

Right amount of ESOPs

Software Engineer

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.

How much did you make from buybacks

Management Consulting

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.

ESOPs in early stage startups

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.

APM Fresher Salary

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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?)

Salary expectation at early stage startup

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 ?

Best practises to manage incoming cash via ESOPs ?

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?

Are ESOP worth it? Did it make anyone billionaire?

Engineering Manager

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).

Looking for a biz dev co-founder with DTC exposure

Founder

Hi, I got an offer from a Series B startup and they are giving me 3000 shares of ESOPs vested over 4 years. Right now the value of each shares are worth $5 and has a potential to grow after new funding rounds this year. I feel 3000 shares is less and want to negotiate for more. 

In your experience can anyone tell me how much ESOPs (shares) have you received from new startups? And was it benefecial in the long run?

Any input is appreciated.

How much ESOPs should I ask from a Series B startup?

Analyst

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Hello all! 
I am working as HR Head in a growth stage startup in Bangalore. So many people here talk about compensation, culture, growth etc. Happy to answer questions related to HR/Culture/Startups.

People & Culture Manager

Hello guys,
I would want to know what is the benefit of getting ESOPs in an early stage startup?
The startup has a great team and working on a promising product. 
I have been offered a package with somewhat lower fixed component and somewhat higher ESOPs. Need insightful pointers here. TIA :)

Value of ESOPs in early stage startups?

The ESOP is a bit of a blind bet.  
  
 It's paper money that can get you a windfall if all goes to plan and execution, solution, pricing, market readiness amongst other things, all line up over the next few years.  
  
 I wouldn't take a pay cut in lieu of ESOPs.  Keep the real money real and the paper money as an outside bet.

Sales Manager

Please share how your company esop policy is. Is it really valuable for employees or just used to create hype and retail talent. 
How many years can you exercise them after resignation?
How did the taxation go if someone has been lucky enough to convert it to cash?
Should esops be a factor while leaving current company or joining a new company?

Are ESOPS really worth it? Has anyone built considerable wealth through it? Share experience.

Hi GVers,
For those who've seen their company IPO (Zomato, Nykaa, PayTM, Delhivery etc.) during their tenure, by how much did you ESOP value appreciate after the IPO? Also, how long before the IPO had you joined the company?

For those who've seen buybacks and secondary sales in their company
How much did your ESOP value appreciate during such events, if any? How long ago before the event had you joined the company?

PS: I've heard ESOP value for some IPO borne companies appreciate by 2x after the IPO.

Wealth creation from ESOP

Strategy Consulting

ESOPs is offered by an early age startup. What are the things I does be aware about? or ask the founders to clarify with me.

Human Resources

My profile: EX. Founder turned Product+ strategy person
YOE: 5+
ESOPs: 80 lakhs 
Cliff: 1 year
Vesting period: 48 months

I am still thinking after how many years it will be valuable given the liquidity is very rare for ESOPs. Any thoughts?

Are your ESOPs worth it?

I recently cleared the interviews for a very well seed funded startup. I want to know how should I negotiate? HR has asked me to tell the expectations, how to benchmark it?

Also, how much ESOPs should I ask for? 

YOE-1.5

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