RE: "if they are willing to go across town for a new job and the highest bid, or rather, the best beni's and stock options than why not across the country."
Hi Ted,
Did you notice Intel's founders distributed more equity (as a %) than several other high-tech founders in other areas? (A wise move, since a bigger slice of a bigger pie is bigger, but the point is: stock allocations seem to differ depending upon the geographical location, and this is only one example out of several).
Other parts of the country aren't a stock economy, nor do they distribute stock as generously as Silicon Valley does, which is in the culture. Interview a grad on the East Coast, and there is a stronger chance they won't even know what stock options are, which is a pain because then a company has to explain what these are.
How does Lucent's employee stock option distribution compare to Cisco's?
Nor can you easily move Sequoia, Mayfield, Kleiner Perkins, Sand Hill road, etc.
I would add, we do not yet have the appropriate technology for breaking the barriers on geographical dispersed locations.
Amy J |
