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Description
This high-impact coaching package gives you the exact tools, data, and scripts needed to decode startup equity, evaluate company risk, and confidently negotiate top-tier total compensation. What’s Included: * 1-on-1 Live Strategy Coaching: A dedicated session to analyze active offer letters, map out your negotiation timeline, and practice exact counter-offer messaging. * Interactive Equity Valuation Model: A custom spreadsheet tool that turns complex equity terms (ISOs/RSUs, dilution, cap tables) into projected real-dollar values across different scenarios. * Founder Diligence Checklist: A prioritized list of critical questions to ask founders during discussions to evaluate company runway, burn rate, and equity pool health. * Custom Counter-Offer Action Plan: A step-by-step roadmap tailored to your specific situation to help you frame your value, manage competing offers, and execute your decision with total confidence.
What you'll get from this package
Tactical Scripting & Offer Framing: Clients receive direct coaching on how to position counter-offers, articulate their value, and reframe negotiation discussions without creating friction
Specific Questions for Employers: Candidates learn the exact questions to ask founders and hiring managers to gain clarity on company health, valuation, and offer details.
Quantifiable Equity & Offer Valuation: Clients gain a clear, mathematical framework to conceptualize and quantify the true value of subjective startup equity offers.
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Offered by Deepak G.
Joined September 2026
5.0
Negotiation for Startup Offers | Entrepreneurship & VC
With an MBA from Chicago Booth and extensive experience across the startup and venture capital ecosystems, I specialize in helping candidates and founders navigate high-stakes career moves. As a Senior Associate Director & Industry Advisor at UC Berkeley, I have guided over 1,500 students and alumni through the competitive tech and VC landscape. My core expertise lies in offer evaluation and compensation strategy—helping advisees secure optimal titles, maximize base pay, and structure equity packages. Through strategic equity negotiation, I have helped my clients generate millions of dollars in long-term wealth. Whether you're evaluating a startup offer or preparing to negotiate your equity, I’m here to help you maximize your value.
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1h–2h of coaching