When you hear “equity compensation” and startups, you immediately think of stock options. More recently RSUs (restricted stock units that...
Archive for category: Pay For Performance
Startup Equity: Comparing Your “Currency” to a Competitor’s (Part 4 of an n part series)
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)
Does this familiar? You had a great idea and turned it into a company. Somehow you got to the point...
OMG! You Were Right All Along!
Remember that time you spent weeks modeling a new incentive plan only to have it shot down? They explained that...
The Real Cost of Mismanaged Incentives: Wells Fargo
Well, so much for the warm-hearted caffeinated, pick-me-up from the Comp Café. Today is a steaming jolt of quadruple espresso...
Applying Pixar’s “22 Rules of Storytelling” to Pay
What do ‘Up’, ‘Cars’, ‘Inside Out’, ‘Monsters, Inc’, ‘Ratatouille’, ‘Toy Story 3’, ‘The Incredibles’, ‘Finding Nemo’, ‘Toy Story’ and ‘WALL-E’...
When Incentive Pay Goes Rogue!
A friend of mine likes to say: “It’s not that incentive pay doesn’t work well, it’s that it works TOO...
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FABulous Pay Improves Talent Acquisition
How are great salespeople able to seamlessly turn every one of your concerns into a demonstration of the prowess of...
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...