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33. Take off the stock option handcuffs.
In today's hot IPO climate, lots of people working in startups feel the pinch of the "stock option handcuffs". When the company does an IPO (initial public stock offering), you might get rich. So, when another company beckons, how could you even entertain the thought of leaving those options behind?

Think carefully about who influences and controls the IPO and the value of those stock options... and about what determines your own value...

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Should you leave your company
even if you have stock options?
 
Are stock options a benefit...
...or a drain on your value?
 

 
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Is it worth it to stick around
for stock options?
 
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