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> 1.) I have 15% of the company in my option pool, so no I can't do that unless I effectively want to give nothing to everyone after that person.

Just out of interest, why couldn't you increase the size of the options pool?

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Answered elsewhere but 1.) unsure about implications on corporate governance at this stage of the company. 2.) I didn't think very much about this initially and thought 15% would be fine, now it would take a fair amount of legal wrangling to get right 3.) honestly part of the reason I worry about double digit grants when people are earning near market base salary is that I don't feel they're committed in proportion to the equity that's vesting. Maybe could be solved with long vesting schedules.

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