orig. post on Quora We’re going into a $10m Series B funding round. The company was slow going in the...
Should I compensate my key employees with additional stock options as part of a funding round?
Mar 03,2014March 3, 2014
Archive for category: Pay For Performance
Pay Can’t Fix Anything! Fix it then Pay, Not the Other Way
Feb 26,2014February 26, 2014
Often companies come to me with a request to design a compensation program, philosophy or market analysis hoping it will...
Why won’t consultants work for equity? (or will they?)
Feb 24,2014February 24, 2014
Consultants doing work for startups rarely seem willing to give a significant discount in exchange for equity. Equity should be...
Our Response to: The Warped Math of Executive Compensation
Feb 18,2014February 18, 2014
A February 3, 2014 article by Vince Molinaro discussed the pay package of Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. In the...
Equity Compensation: Equity and Inequity
Feb 13,2014February 13, 2014
In the 1980’s, some tech execs in the Silicon Valley decided they could get more and give more through the...
★ Do software engineering companies typically give you to stock packages to vest together over 4 years (you get x amount in 2013 you have been doing really well lately and get x amount in 2014?
Feb 03,2014February 3, 2014
Orig question and answers on Quora Dan Walter’s Response Performance-based equity compensation is becoming more common. Usually these awards are...
Can incentive stock options be performance based?
Jan 28,2014January 28, 2014
View Orig. question on Quora For example, could management accelerate vesting of ISOs based on performance/reviews (without negative consequences, such...
1 Versus 100 ($1M Vs. $100M)
Jan 16,2014January 16, 2014
On January 16, 2014 it was announced that Yahoo ended the employment of their COO and second in command, Henrique...
P4P is Growing Up! NACD Provides New Guidance for Executive Compensation
Jan 15,2014January 15, 2014
Five years ago most executive compensation consultants were still discussing a more structured approach to pay for performance as if...
Putting Out the Equity Compensation Fire? Let’s Talk About Burn Rates
Jan 09,2014January 9, 2014
Once again proxy season is just about upon us. Over a few of my next posts, I am going to...