Been There, Done That

Alright, so more than 80% of Silicon Valley's 150 largest publicly traded companies have employees holding underwater options. Everybody's Underwater In Silicon Valley [AlleyInsider.com]. It's happened before, just eight short years ago (2000-03), and that did not deter innovation or investment. Markets are cyclical and sometimes even good companies, especially before positive EBIDTA, cannot maintain market valuations. Nothing unusual about the same thing happening to public companies when panic sets into the equity markets. Stick it out, guys; you've come a long way already.