← Back to context Comment by xchaotic 4 years ago as the op says - they could have issued stock instead of real money 11 comments xchaotic Reply bitwize 4 years ago I call equity "Bison dollars": https://youtu.be/Shxiy7l5b_4It's only worth anything if the world-domination plans go off without a hitch. speedgeek 4 years ago "Stock Instead of Real Money" is my new band name. So much meaning in just five words :) duped 4 years ago Equity schmequity, and we don't know what Borland did or didn't offer to keep people around. We just know MS offered more. zepto 4 years ago We know for sure that Borland didn’t offer enough. And we can reasonable speculate that they didn’t offer a significant ownership stake. FpUser 4 years ago Anders got 3mil signing bonus. Hard to counter that. zepto 4 years ago Easy - give him 4 mil in equity.On the other hand if the company doesn’t have good prospects, then indeed there is nothing you can do. FpUser 4 years ago Personally I would rather take cash. 4 replies →
bitwize 4 years ago I call equity "Bison dollars": https://youtu.be/Shxiy7l5b_4It's only worth anything if the world-domination plans go off without a hitch.
speedgeek 4 years ago "Stock Instead of Real Money" is my new band name. So much meaning in just five words :)
duped 4 years ago Equity schmequity, and we don't know what Borland did or didn't offer to keep people around. We just know MS offered more. zepto 4 years ago We know for sure that Borland didn’t offer enough. And we can reasonable speculate that they didn’t offer a significant ownership stake.
zepto 4 years ago We know for sure that Borland didn’t offer enough. And we can reasonable speculate that they didn’t offer a significant ownership stake.
FpUser 4 years ago Anders got 3mil signing bonus. Hard to counter that. zepto 4 years ago Easy - give him 4 mil in equity.On the other hand if the company doesn’t have good prospects, then indeed there is nothing you can do. FpUser 4 years ago Personally I would rather take cash. 4 replies →
zepto 4 years ago Easy - give him 4 mil in equity.On the other hand if the company doesn’t have good prospects, then indeed there is nothing you can do. FpUser 4 years ago Personally I would rather take cash. 4 replies →
I call equity "Bison dollars": https://youtu.be/Shxiy7l5b_4
It's only worth anything if the world-domination plans go off without a hitch.
"Stock Instead of Real Money" is my new band name. So much meaning in just five words :)
Equity schmequity, and we don't know what Borland did or didn't offer to keep people around. We just know MS offered more.
We know for sure that Borland didn’t offer enough. And we can reasonable speculate that they didn’t offer a significant ownership stake.
Anders got 3mil signing bonus. Hard to counter that.
Easy - give him 4 mil in equity.
On the other hand if the company doesn’t have good prospects, then indeed there is nothing you can do.
Personally I would rather take cash.
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