Question from Quora I have shares from exercised options in a company I worked for a few years ago. The...
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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!
Dan Walter’s Answer: I think I can provide some help. This is a bit of a specialty of mine. First...
You Get 2 Shares and You Get 4 Shares and So on and So on…
Geometric progression of pay from one pay grade or level to the next sounds pretty crazy. But, while doing research...
Is Company Culture Killing Your Pay for Performance?
I just returned from a conference where “culture” was the buzzword. Over and over industry professionals stressed that your compensation...
Small Companies Deserve Compensation Excellence
Often your HR person is also your benefits, recruitment, training, organizational development, problem resolution and party planning resource. Even though...
Hey Startups! Tomorrow IS too late!
We’ve all heard the phrase “It’s never too late.” I am sorry to tell you that everyone has been wrong....
Should I compensate my key employees with additional stock options as part of a funding round?
orig. post on Quora We’re going into a $10m Series B funding round. The company was slow going in the...
Pay Can’t Fix Anything! Fix it then Pay, Not the Other Way
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?)
Consultants doing work for startups rarely seem willing to give a significant discount in exchange for equity. Equity should be...
What are the implications for employee shareholders in the event of a reverse stock split at a pre-IPO company? i.e. employee shares go from 500 shares to 200 shares.
orig. post on Quora Dan Walter’s Answer If the company does a reverse split (the number of outstanding shares is ...