Equity 101 for Operators: How to Evaluate and Negotiate Your Offer

​About the Session:

​You got the offer. There's a line item called "equity." You nodded. Now what?
This session is a practical, jargon-free primer for operators and leaders at pre-IPO startups. We'll cover what your equity offer actually means, what it's realistically worth, and how to negotiate it confidently — from reading your grant letter to asking the right due diligence questions to understanding what happens at exit.
No finance background required.

​About the Host:

​Nalina is the founder of HealthTech Trailblazers and a Venture Fellow at Hustle Fund. As a Syndicate Lead and angel investor, she focuses on women's health, longevity, caregiving, and healthcare infrastructure — a sector she believes is one of the most consequential and most underinvested frontiers in tech. A former engineering and product leader for Global Fortune 500 companies, she brings rare technical depth and operator instincts to early-stage investing, and serves as a Techstars mentor and longtime startup advisor.