John Chapman Contributor John Chapman is a certified financial planner professional with WorthPointe Financial Planners in Newport Beach, California, and a fee-only fiduciary adviser on the Wealthramp network.
One of the big reasons you’re giving 110% of your talent and effort to your private company is because you’re hoping to eventually cash in on all those vested incentive stock options (ISOs) that have been sitting in some account, waiting for the day your company goes public.
There’s nothing wrong with that. Who doesn’t dream of reaping an options windfall and using it to retire early, buy a house, pay off their college loans, travel around the world or become a full-time philanthropist?