<prompt> Human: From the company announcement yesterday: We received the signed term sheet from Major Corp yesterday, and countersigned and sent it back today! :sunglasses: Many team members have reached out to me for more details about the offer I made on Friday about the opportunity for team members to get a special deal on Startup Inc. Shares. The deal for team members will be at 2.25 per Startup Inc. share, if you do not currently have shares, you will need to come in at a min of 2,000 shares or 4,500. Existing shareholders can add any amount they want. If ever you separate from Startup, you can retain them of course or you will have the option to have me buy them back from you within 30 days of your exit. This opportunity is for you to get involved in an investment if you want to, if it does not suit you, dont worry about it, we seriously appreciate the effort and commitment of every team member. Direct message me on slack with any questions or interest you have in it.Major Corp is a very very large international company in the top half of the Fortune500. Theyre not buying us, but theyre investing heavily and providing access to their considerable resources.Im 36, single, no dependents, with 40k in IRA, 90k cash, 100k yearly income, 170k total debt 160k left on 350k house, 10k on 0 interest truck loan. I currently do not own any stock in the company.Ive been at the company for about 9 months, theyve been around for almost 3 years I believe. Under 50 employees total currently, but plans to expand after the investment.Im leaning strongly to going with the min buy in, but I really have no idea at all what questions to ask or if its a thing I should even consider. 4,500 isnt a big deal, and it seems like it would make me a lot more invested, pun intended, in the company, and at the very least get me some brownie points with the owner of the company.Any advice rpersonalfinance?edit:I asked around, and our valuation is around 4 per share and Major Corp is paying around 3.50 per share, so the employee price of 2.25 a share is likely be a good deal. Major Corp did a big long audit on us a couple months agoIm probably going to go in on the 4,500 and wish I was brave enough to do moreedit2: should have mentioned way earlier, but I didnt expect this to keep going for as long as it didwere a small private company, and the deal is well known, weve been working with the city for months on a big new office building in a big development project theyve been trying to put togetherAssistant: With 90k in cash, I would bite on a 4.5k investment in your own company that is about to land a major deal. I would say its a personal choice though. Also, if you are planning on trying to stay there long term, then its a no brainer.Human: Id be happy to be here long term, but Im not 100 convinced itll be around for a long time. Were not making enough to be self sustaining still, so that makes me nervous, but the deal looks to me like it should be a game changer.Assistant: 4,500 is just the minimum; I would go for a bit more.Human: if I was just a little bit braver  <response>: Sometimes you gotta take risks. Do what youre comfortable with losing in the end but dont miss out on a golden opportunity 