Two questions:
1- Recently, I interviewed for a Team Lead level position in a technology company as part of a new off-shore venture in Lahore. I was offered a stake in the new establishment as part of the package. Details have not been put forth yet and I dont know what it exactly means when they say “a stake” in the company.
Can someone here please let me know what is the normal practise in this regard and how is the volume of stake decided?
2- I have been looking to invest in an off-shore venture for sometime now. All the off-shore companies in Pakistan are privately held operations and I dont know if it is even appropriate to approach any of them with the investment question; especially a place where I might have applied for a employee position previously.
There is this one company in particular where I applied for a position but later withdrew my application as some of the information about that position on their website turned out to be incorrect and not what I wanted. Later on their CTO emailed me and urged me to look at opportunities in his company nonetheless. He wants to meet me and the meeting might take place next week. Would it be considered particularly rude if I showed up for the meeting/interview and at the end just asked by the way about any investment opporunities in their company?
How did this investment question pop up in my head? Actually this company is known to have a pre-condition for most senior level positions that “the incumbent must be willing to have a stake in the company”. I am sure they do this to make people more responsible for their actions but what if their is a bigger scope there?
Thanks.