How Will The New Overtime Rules Affect You?

Is your mind already racing about how the new overtime regulations will affect your company? The media is buzzing about...

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...

Why is it SO DIFFICULT to Get Equity Amounts Right?

Let me start this by saying that there is little new in this post. If you have been a senior...

UPDATE ISS Equity Plan Scorecard EPSC 2.0

Have you ever played a card game with 5-year olds? Before you start, they explain the game in vague details...

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...

The Lorax Explains Equity Compensation

At the narrow end of an IPO spike where the stock market slows and the stock options lose value and...

“Employee-Friendly” Equity Compensation

In this sixth installment of my “Stock Options on the Precipice” series (other articles: 1, 2,3, 4, 5), I will...

Equity Compensation: I Have the Cure You Seek!

Is your equity program on the fritz? Are your stock options in the dump? Could your RSUs use a bit...

What are current (2016) best practices for employee stock option programs for US pre-IPO startups?

Question: (org. on Quora) Answer (by Dan Walter) Hi Alex.  Thanks for the A2a.  And thanks to Shriram Bhashyam for also...

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...