We often get questions from potential candidates about the unique challenges we’re trying to solve at Valon. Up until now, we’ve generally answered them with high-level actions like: While effective, this framework does not give proper justice to the complexity of the issues we face. It also doesn’t answer the

It should be obvious that when you join a company you are implicitly making a very large bet on the founders. Whether it be an early stage company or even a late stage one, venture companies are based on the premise that the founders have the ability to perform magic

So now that you hopefully have a general sense of how to value the company (notice I didn’t say your shares), let’s talk about what you’re actually getting. In most cases, companies will offer you options (ISOs or NSOs) or some equity instrument that vests over a time horizon. So,

We like to be as transparent as possible when I’m trying to convince a candidate to join our team. After all, we’re asking for one of their most valuable resources, namely, time and opportunity. When I started this company with my friends, we strived to build a place that, unlike any