Diligence on the startup so you know what you're getting into. Also prevents early employee churn because people feel duped once they look under the hood.
The greatest frustration is usually around: 1. feeling like your equity cut is not enough once you know what other people are paid; 2. not knowing how much you pay in exercise cost / taxes / exercise window until it's too late
The greatest frustration is usually around: 1. feeling like your equity cut is not enough once you know what other people are paid; 2. not knowing how much you pay in exercise cost / taxes / exercise window until it's too late
On 1, there's a growing DB of startup comp here: https://topstartups.io/startup-salary-equity-database/