Stop Building Sinking Ships

Last week esteemed fellow Comp Café writer, Stephanie Thomas, Ph.D., wrote an article asking, “Should You Scrap Your Long-Term Incentive...

Startup Equity: Staying Private in a Public World (Part 11 in an n part series)

It is readily accepted that an IPO is Nirvana to a startup. Of course, a fantabulous acquisition will also work...

Startup Equity: What About Performance? (Part 10 of an n part series)

“But, how do I make sure that the person is a great performer before I am forced to give them...

Startup Equity: Synthetic Equity or Sharing Without Sharing (Part 5 of an n part series)

When you hear “equity compensation” and startups, you immediately think of stock options. More recently RSUs (restricted stock units that...

Executive Pay Has Been Fixed on Both Sides of the Pond!

In the past week there have been two major reports describing how to fix executive compensation. The first is from...

Evolving Equity Like It’s a Flying Machine

Other professionals in HR, compensation and investing frequently ask why I am so passionate about changing the way companies use...

LinkedIn, Microsoft and “Stock-based Compensation”

I just had someone send me an article titled “REASON BEHIND THE MICROSOFT-LINKEDIN DEAL”. The premise behind that article is...

A Chrome Panda Predicts Demise of Stock Options

On May 7, 2016, it was reported that a giant chrome panda predicted the imminent crippling of stock options in...