yossorion

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

dougvk

import re
from cPickle import dump
from requests import get

DEFAULT_TICKERS = ['goog', 'aapl']
URL = 'http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK={}&Find=Search&owner=exclude&action=getcompany'
CIK_RE = re.compile(r'.*CIK=(\d{10}).*')

cik_dict = {}
for ticker in DEFAULT_TICKERS: