Sorry for the dumb question, but how does equity turn into cash in my pocket at a startup? Interviewing with a series A and there’s a .5% equity stake on the table. When would I actually see any returns on that stake as the company grows?

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Also note that if you leave many companies just keep the equity. Very hard to prove your ownership of it if the contracts aren’t structured correctly. So good to think about how far they might be from an IPO. Do you really want to stay 10 years?

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Upon acquisition or IPO

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The point of owning equity in a start up is so staff have an incentive to build a great company and see it through to IPO/acquisition.
In other words the stock is worthless until you can convince externals otherwise

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Got it, thanks all!

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When raising funding sometimes there will be the option to buy back

Would I have the ability to sell my units at any given time or am I required to hold until the company allows me to sell during one of these events?

You can only sell your units during liquidation events (e.g., future raise, buyout, IPO, acquisition)

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