Why You Should Negotiate Your Stock Option Grant

Stock option grants come hand in hand with working for private, venture backed companies and are often the most lucrative of the incentives offered  - yes even more than catered lunch and cold brew . However, one of the biggest questions faced by prospective new hires is if the equity package on the table is a fair one. Unfortunately, unlike salary information that is democratized through popular websites such as Glassdoor and LinkedIn, there is no public repository of equity grant informati