If founders treated investors the way they treat employees
Every time one of these is written, it comes off as if the 90-day window is something startups came up with to try and screw employees.A reminder that the 90-day window is a requirement by law in order for options to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, and receive favorable tax treatment for employees [1].If you want to do 10-yr exercise, that's fine, but until the law is changed those will be NSOs and not receive that special tax treatment and will be taxed on exercise instead of on sale.[1] https://www.cooleygo.com/isos-v-nsos-whats-the-difference/