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Lessons from Airbnb’s IPO

Flow FP's Block Woman launches in AirBnB's Apollo 11 rocket.

The unique, initial 7-day trading window for all the Airbnb employees after the IPO has now closed. What might we learn from Airbnb’s IPO, even though we still have most of a 6-month lockup left to go? I think plenty.

Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with My Stock Options?

Airbnb is going public. You have stock options. Likely you also have RSUs and possibly even outright shares of stock. Does it all feel like one inextricable heap? How will you ever create a comprehensive, comprehensible strategy for all of this?

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Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with my RSUs?

Airbnb is going public. You have a bunch of RSUs. You are wide-eyed with uncertainty and excitement. Discuss.

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Airbnb Is Going Public. What a Good Time to Give Away Your Money.

If you’re staring at a windfall from Airbnb’s upcoming IPO, let’s take a moment to think about giving some of it away.

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Airbnb Is Going Public. Time to Create a (Flexible) Strategy.

Soooo…Airbnb’s going public. Can I get a woo woooo?!

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Is Airbnb EVER Going Public?

Flow FP's Block Woman, overwhelmed by paper, feels a sense of Urgency. Of sorts.

Have you been waiting a Very Long Time for Airbnb to go public? Did you get all excited back in September of last year when Airbnb announced that it would go public in 2020? Are you beginning to wonder if it will ever happen? All that lovely stock, all those beautiful RSUs, all those tempting stock options…when will they turn into MONEY?!

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My Airbnb Options Are Expiring Soon. What Should I Do with Them?

Flow FP's block woman, up to her neck in paperwork, worries as things burn up.

If you started at Airbnb several years ago, you might be coming up hard and fast on an unpleasant deadline: The expiration of your options.

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Should You Exercise Your Options (in a private company)…to Give Your Career More Flexibility?

Flow FP's block woman exercises her stock options -- at the gym!

Should I exercise my options? When should I exercise my options?

If you work in a private company, I’m betting these questions go through your head with annoying frequency. And they’re hard questions to answer! Will the company succeed? Will the stock be worth anything? A lot? It’s all crystal-ball territory and therefore there are very few obvious or knowable answers.

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Tag: Options

Lessons from Airbnb’s IPO

Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with My Stock Options?

Airbnb Is Going Public. What Should I Do with my RSUs?

Airbnb Is Going Public. What a Good Time to Give Away Your Money.

Airbnb Is Going Public. Time to Create a (Flexible) Strategy.

Is Airbnb EVER Going Public?

My Airbnb Options Are Expiring Soon. What Should I Do with Them?

Should You Exercise Your Options (in a private company)…to Give Your Career More Flexibility?

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