The importance of stock options in start-up recruiting is largely dependent on your industry, location and the position for which...
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What is a typical stock grant for a CFO of Series A venture backed company?
This is a very difficult question to answer with any accuracy. There are more variables than most people consider when...
Who Ate All of the Pie?
It’s the holiday season and that means pie. There is apple pie, pumpkin pie and even mincemeat pie. There are...
How can we give employees fully-vested options without having them incur a large tax bill?
This question was recently asked on Quora. We are giving some employees fully vested options in lieu of cash comp...
Driving Your Compensation Programs in Reverse
Many smaller companies have both limited time and expertise to spend on their compensation programs. Faced with immediate needs many...
Is there are any cashless way to execute already vested stock options when leaving a pre-IPO startup?
Dan’s Answer: There are some potential ways to do this. The most common is below Ask your company if they...
What if company goes public before my vesting period is over?
“Say I am in year 2 of my employment and have received 25% of my total options are strike price...
New Hire, Promotional and Annual Grants, which is the biggest and smallest?
Someone recently asked a question on the World at Work discussion board about best practices when determining grant sizes for...
162(m) – Created to Slow Public Companies, but a Real Accelerator for Start-ups
Twenty years ago, 162(m) was enacted by Congress. The purpose of this rule was to slow executive pay growth by...
Stock Options Won’t go the Way of the Dodo Bird
On August 27, 2013, there was an article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Last Gasp for Stock Options?” The...