Private stock holder

I'm not sure what you mean by "make it difficult." You have to first offer the shares to the company and it would then a certain time period in which to purchase them. Otherwise, you should be free to then sell them to a third party. This is very common. All of your rights and the company’s are in the Shareholders Agreement. The company cannot do anything more than what is in the Agreement (subject to state law).

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There is not much you can do about it. It will not be difficult to sell your stock, but what the venture capital groups are referring to is that a future purchaser may not be willing to agree to the terms that you are bound by.

Many shareholders agreements or restricted stock agreements make a future purchase bound by the same terms as you are.

I would suggest that you have the terms reviewed by a business lawyer and see how restrictive they actually are.