Stock options, vesting, and exercising, oh my

That was a good article & video, Julia’s linked post was also a great read. Though it goes without saying that getting a professional’s advice on these matters can pay dividends – pardon the pun.

I would love to see a startup offer a budget to new hires to get advice from a financial advisor, of the employees choosing of course. Something like “we offer a reimbursement of up to X for new hires when they submit a receipt from a qualified financial advisor…”.

I think that it would be particularly useful to young hires or those new to startups.