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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?

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.

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.

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

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

Flow FP's block woman contemplates future cash with a checklist in hand

A Collection of The Most Important Bits About Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Over many blog posts and over many conversations with clients and colleagues, I’ve trotted out a few different ways of framing and understanding RSUs. I never know what framing is going to hit home, so I thought I’d gather them all into one post. Maybe one thing I write below will finally make you go, “Oooooohhhhh! That’s how they work.” A gal can hope.

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

Is Airbnb EVER Going Public?

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?!

What Should I Do with My Vesting RSUs, Now that the Stock Market Is Tanking?

You work for a public company. Your RSUs are continuing to vest. The stock market and, more importantly, your company stock have dropped a lot in price. Even if you’ve been comfortably following a strategy with your RSUs, are you feeling a wee bit less certain about the strategy right now?

Report from the Women-in-Tech Front (a.k.a. GHC19)

Things I learned at Grace Hopper this year:

I cannot do basic arithmetic while standing in front of an audience of 200 people. 100 x 1000 really should be doable.
Yes there is a wrong way to hold the slide clicker, Mr. “You can’t mess it up” A/V guy. Just Watch Me.