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What happens with AMT if you exercise stock options in a private company and sell in the same year, but the sales price is less than the 409 value of the company?
Question: (org. on Quora) What happens with AMT if you exercise stock options in a private company and sell in...
HR Can’t Afford to Ignore Compensation
A generous person gave three business partners $1 million and said they could use it however they wanted. The only...
There are Only Two Pay Philosophies
We, the compensation professionals of planet earth, work hard to define the whys and hows of our pay programs. We...
I’m leaving a startup. How much co-founder equity should I get?
Question: (org. on Quora) As a grad student, I worked 5M part-time (25% of total time) with a co-founder, who...
Silence Isn’t Golden
I hope your employees aren’t complaining about your compensation programs. If they are complaining out loud, then the problem has...
Can contractors be paid in RSUs or only employees?
Question: (org. on Quora) What are the tax implications vs getting paid in cash? (I understand how RSUs work for...
8 Ways the Minneapolis Skyway is Like Incentive Compensation
Those of you who regularly read my articles know I often view the world from a different perspective. This is...
The Best Performance Goals Are D.U.M.B.
Anyone who has taken a class or performed a Google-search on performance goals has learned about the concept of “SMART”...
Develop Grow Achieve – 3 Tiers for P4P
Pay for performance continues to rise. However, the failure of pay for performance is rising almost as fast. As the...
8 Things You’ve Gotta Know about Equity Compensation
Equity compensation continues to be a confusing topic for compensation professionals and with good reason. Equity compensation is not just...
For $0 CEOs, how is their initial equity-compensation determined?
Orig. Question on Quora. Answer by Dan Walter: Very few $0 CEOs start at $0 Salary. Most start with a...