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To: GVTucker who wrote (177317)4/1/2004 1:57:51 AM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
GV, RE: "Cash compensation is treated as an expense. Somehow that doesn't prevent companies from awarding cash compensation to their employees."

Actually it does. In Silicon Valley. Where options are used to build companies. West Coast burns options, while East Coast burns cash and prefers a two-tiered compensation model than the West Coast's more egalitarian style. Take your pick. Silicon Valley is on the West Coast. So is a lot of innovation.

Your post is an example of why Silicon Valley entrepreneurs generally do not conduct business with East Coast VCs - this isn't a comment about you as it is a general comment about the differences between the East and West coast business worlds. In Silicon Valley, companies are built on options, not cash.

RE: "So why does it necessarily follow"

Because some of the public boards of growth companies think it's an issue.

Because it impacts the "work now, reward later" model that's critical for growth companies.

But the thing that really matters more than anything else, is what are the other countries going to do - time will tell. We don't want a situation where we deter new firms and send them overseas due to poor policy. I don't get the feeling the govt has a watchful eye on how many new firms get launched in China, as an example, to properly gauge our policy here.

If foreign countries can be held to the same rules as the USA, then it'll be an even playing field.

Regards,
Amy J
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