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: No. They Don’t Get It. (Part 8 of an n part series)

During a recent presentation I did for industry professionals, an attendee claimed that his employees didn’t need additional education on...

Startup Equity: The Most Common Mistake (Part 7 of an n part series)

Here is my 2017 gift to you. I truly believe that equity compensation helped build the technology industry, and therefore...

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...

Startup Equity: 409A vs Investor Value (part 2 of an n part series)

We have all seen the headlines, “XYZ receives $100M in funding at a $3B valuation.” We seldom see the “other”...

A Small Problem for Compensation Professionals

This is not the article I intended to post today. I had something else ready to go, but realized this...

What’s Equity Really Worth?

We all know that equity compensation is the driver behind the astronomic growth in executive compensation. We all know that...

How to Determine Equity Grant Sizes (it’s probably not what you think)

Determining grant sizes or values is Part 4 and the next challenge in my ongoing series, “Stock Options on the...

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