[stock-throwaway]

>> They are now worth millions of dollars on the open market

> No, they aren't, because there is no open market for private company shares.

I do have offers to purchase my stock. In a bygone era, I could simply instruct the company to transfer my shares and broker the transaction myself.

I get what you're saying though.

The purpose of my post here isn't to complain so much as inquire about people who have executed forward sales and are willing to speak about the experience. From what I understand, this is being done quite a bit and I guess the idea is that company never has to find out...

Edit: formating