The image below is from a recent post by famed author and Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely. Take a quick look...
Stop Building Sinking Ships
May 23,2017May 23, 2017
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags dan walter, deferred comp, equity compensation, executive compensation, incentive, Incentives/Bonuses, long-term incentive, LTI, pay for performance, performensation, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation
Last week esteemed fellow Comp Café writer, Stephanie Thomas, Ph.D., wrote an article asking, “Should You Scrap Your Long-Term Incentive...
ESPP: The Ugly Duckling?
May 11,2017May 11, 2017
We’ve all heard some version of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling“ at some point in our lives. For the...
Entertaining Ways to Apply Executive Pay Rules
May 03,2017May 3, 2017
By adminIn Articles, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags actors, compensation, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, executive compensation, executives, Jennifer Lawrence, pay, Regulations & Public Policy, stock/equity compensation
Executive compensation is always in the spotlight. The pay levels for the highest paid executive can truly be astounding to...
Compounding Our Pay Problems
Apr 18,2017April 18, 2017
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Base Salaries, compensation, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, merit increase, pay, pay ratio, raises, stock/equity compensation, surveys, total rewards
The pay ratios between CEOs and average employees are once again in the news. This is partly because proxy season...
Startup Equity: The Most Common Mistake (Part 7 of an n part series)
Jan 03,2017January 3, 2017
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags burn rate, compensation philosophy, dilution, equity pool, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, rsu, startup equity, stock options, stock/equity compensation
Here is my 2017 gift to you. I truly believe that equity compensation helped build the technology industry, and therefore...
Startup Equity: Isn’t It Refreshing? (maybe not) – (Part 6 of an n part series)
Dec 14,2016December 14, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation philosophy, executive compensation, grants, pay for performance, refresh, startup equity, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
The historically long periods between the startup and “big event” for companies has given rise to many issues that were...
Startup Equity: Synthetic Equity or Sharing Without Sharing (Part 5 of an n part series)
Dec 06,2016December 6, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags equity compensation, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, pay for performance, phantom stock, rsu, SAR. appreciation rights, startup, stock options, stock plan, stock/equity compensation
When you hear “equity compensation” and startups, you immediately think of stock options. More recently RSUs (restricted stock units that...
Startup Equity: Comparing Your “Currency” to a Competitor’s (Part 4 of an n part series)
Nov 28,2016November 28, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, currency exchange, equity, executive compensation, fx, Incentives/Bonuses, pay, pay for performance, start-up, startup, stock options, stock/equity compensation
Comparing base bay is relatively easy, equity not so much. A dollar is a dollar. And, if a dollar isn’t...
Startup Equity: Why are VCs Getting so Stingy with Equity? (Part 3 of an n part series)
Nov 17,2016November 17, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, entrepreneur, equity, executive compensation, incentive, investors, ipo, pay, pay for performance, startup, stock/equity compensation, vc, venture capital
Does this familiar? You had a great idea and turned it into a company. Somehow you got to the point...