People & Leadership · Future of Work

StockOptionsReadout — What Are These Actually Worth?

Build a 4-scenario probability-weighted expected value model for an employee stock options grant. Practice translating headline paper value into honest after-strike, after-preference, after-dilution, after-tax cash, and use the result to make a real career decision.

3 rounds MBA & Masters English, Español
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Who it is for

An intermediate simulation for participants who already know the core concepts of the subject, designed for master's and MBA programmes.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 3 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Shares granted
  • Strike price (per share)
  • % vested at target date
  • Current preferred price
  • Fully-diluted share count
  • Last-round post-money
  • Company stage
  • Tax drag (%)
  • Which scenario do you believe is most likely?
  • Preference drag in acqui-hire (%)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Your Inputs
  • Four-Scenario Readout
  • Probability-Weighted EV by Scenario

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Future of Work.

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