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Am moving on to a new role. Have 10,000 vested options at $2 strike price which is the same as the last FMV. Company estimates current value at $10. Distant future exit is likely in the lower half of 1-5x current value.

I don’t really want to take the risk on buying these myself nor do I really have the cash to invest if I wanted to. Didn’t know if there was any other option to let someone else front the cash take the risk even if it meant giving up a large chuck of the possible reward.

My wife has a shopify store, does about $1k per month and less than half of that goes through paypal. Out of nowhere today they disabled her account for 'violating user agreement'. She didn't do anything out of the ordinary or suspicious, just getting paid for some shopify orders. Doesn't have any complains or issues or chargebacks or anything I can see that looks suspicious. There doesn't seem to be any way to contact support, dispute the problem, etc. Super frustrating. Is there anything she can do, or is she just literally not able to use Paypal anymore without any explaination?

I'm starting to do some consulting targeting businesses with $10 million+ revenue for $15k+ engagements. Do you think it makes more sense to market myself as my name (e.g., johndoe.com) or a brand name (e.g., superconsulting.com)?