Corp vs Startup Comp ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

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General Assumptions

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yrs
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Corporate Offer

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%
Sign-On Bonus (One-Time)
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Initial RSU Grant
$
yrs
yrs
Yearly Refresh (Starting Year 2)
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$
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Startup Offer

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Sign-On Bonus (One-Time)
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Initial Equity Grant
$
$
yrs
yrs
Current grant value: $75,000 (if fully vested)
Equity Top-Up (Refresh)
yrs
$
Exit Scenarios & Probabilities
x
%
x
%
%
%
Fail = 100% โˆ’ others (equity worthless)
Corporate Total (After Tax)
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$0
Base Salary โ‚ช0
Annual Bonus โ‚ช0
Sign-On Cash โ‚ช0
Initial RSU (Vested) โ‚ช0
Refresh (Vested) โ‚ช0
Total Tax -โ‚ช0
Startup Expected Value
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$0
Base Salary โ‚ช0
Sign-On Cash โ‚ช0
Expected Equity โ‚ช0
Total Tax -โ‚ช0
Difference
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$0
Period 5 years
Options (vested/total) 0
Salary diff/year โ‚ช0
Total salary gap โ‚ช0

๐Ÿ“Š Visual Comparison (After Tax)

Startup Outcome Scenarios (After Tax)

๐Ÿ’€ Fail

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60%
Company shuts down. Equity = 0.

๐Ÿ˜ Acqui-hire (1x)

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25%
Sells at current valuation.

๐ŸŽฏ Target (5x)

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10%
Solid exit outcome.

๐Ÿš€ Moonshot (20x)

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5%
The dream. Unicorn.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Compensation Build-Up (Month over Month)

Corp (solid) vs Startup scenarios (dashed) โ€” all values after tax

Corp Total
Fail (salary only)
1x Exit
Target
Moonshot
๐Ÿงพ Israeli Tax Summary
Corporate Income:
  • Salary, Bonus, RSUs: Up to 47% marginal
  • Social security: ~12% (capped)
Startup Equity (102):
  • Capital Gains: 25% flat
  • No 102: Up to 50%

โš ๏ธ Disclaimer

Rough estimates only. Consult a licensed Israeli tax advisor (ื™ื•ืขืฅ ืžืก). Excludes pension (ืคื ืกื™ื”) and education funds (ืงืจืŸ ื”ืฉืชืœืžื•ืช) which add 15-20%. Startup valuations are highly speculative. Past performance โ‰  future results.

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