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January 28, 2019

Share-option schemes 101

How more tantalising options schemes could help European startups grow big and mighty – and what employees need to know about them.


Amy Lewin

6 min read

In Silicon Valley, share options are a really big deal: employees expect to get dibs on sizeable shares in the startups they join. Why bother leaving a comfortable corporate job or another exciting startup otherwise?

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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