I recently attended an industry event where practitioners debated whether it is still a good idea to grant Incentive Stock...
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ISS’s New Approach to Equity is Better and Worse
Oct 20,2014October 20, 2014
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) is one the most powerful voices in how companies and their investors view executive compensation. In...
Startup Compensation: How much equity is appropriate for the first employee (and first designer) to get when they join a company?
Oct 10,2014October 10, 2014
Question: I’m talking with a two-person team (both founders) about joining as their first employee (and first designer). They’ve made...
The Secret Life of Equity Compensation at IPO
Oct 08,2014October 8, 2014
The IPO market has remained strong for a while now. Equity compensation is a huge part of compensation at IPO....
New Book on Communicating Compensation Plans!
Sep 12,2014September 12, 2014
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Everything You Do in Compensation is Communication: 3/8 of the Compensation Cafe Publishes a Book! …. $10 discount through September...
Tipping Points – 5 for Pay Professionals
Aug 25,2014August 25, 2014
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“The moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.1” This is how Malcolm Gladwell describes the tipping point. It...
Does ISS Understand Your Equity Compensation?
Aug 14,2014August 14, 2014
A common complaint about ISS is that they often evaluate equity compensation programs without fully understanding them. Today ISS announced...
The Phantom of the Compera
Aug 06,2014August 6, 2014
Phantom Stock is on the rise. Or, at least the interest in Phantom Stock is on the rise. Over the...
What’s an alternative to equity based compensation that recruits, motivates and retains employees?
Aug 04,2014August 4, 2014
Q: I plan to bootstrap and keep my company private with no plans on selling. What’s an alternative to equity...
I am looking for specific information on design considerations and options/practices in developing a long term incentive plan for a privately held company. Any anonymous examples would also be helpful. Your assistance is greatly appreciated!
Jul 02,2014July 2, 2014
Dan Walter’s Answer: I think I can provide some help. This is a bit of a specialty of mine. First...