Re: "Age-old" question

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Start ups go through phases. In the early stages, the company is trying 
to attract investors and is very tight with its budget. Once it finds 
its first high risk taking "angel" investor, it spends more to try to 
create prototypes and presentations that will attract more risk averse 
investors who want reassurances that they've got something more 
substantial. Once the proto hits the trade shows and prospective 
customers are lined up to order, production commences and it's time to 
tighten the budget again to fluff up the company's books as it prepares 
to offer itself up for an IPO or LBO. And once one or the other happens, 
you're working for yet another corporation that has to present a 
quarterly bottom line to its stockholders.

The trick to working for these companies is to get onboard right after 
the angel investor signs up, ride the big spending wave to the first 
product intro and then be ready move on to your next job at a moment's 
notice. With any luck, the company will do well on the IPO/LBO so you 
can exercise your options on your way out the door.

Gene Kim-Eng


On 9/13/2016 11:20 AM, Helen OBoyle wrote: