For those selling at privately owned tech companies - how much cash do you put into your vested options? I think we’re raising again soon so want to buy my vested shares now but don’t know how much of my $ to put in. Any rules on this?

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All according to your overall personal / family budget. Nothing else matters. It’s got be affordable

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I think it all depends on your strike price and what you believe the goal exit and exit price would be.

It’s a gamble and depends on your risk appetite and how much money you have to play with.

For example, I had a friend who got a pre-IPO job at Google and was given the option to buy pre-IPO shares in 2004. However, as a recent college grad, this person was considering borrowing money from family to do this, and when I was asked for my opinion, I said this was essentially “buying on margin” for a tech startup, when other similar tech companies crashed in 2001-2003 (eg, Yahoo).

In hindsight my advice on Google was wrong, but it’s really more about your risk appetite.

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