Comparing base bay is relatively easy, equity not so much. A dollar is a dollar. And, if a dollar isn’t...
Archive for tag: executive compensation
Startup Equity: Why are VCs Getting so Stingy with Equity? (Part 3 of an n part series)
Does this familiar? You had a great idea and turned it into a company. Somehow you got to the point...
Startup Equity: 409A vs Investor Value (part 2 of an n part series)
We have all seen the headlines, “XYZ receives $100M in funding at a $3B valuation.” We seldom see the “other”...
%-#-$ – Startup Equity: It’s Enough to Make You Swear!
Figuring out the right amount of equity compensation at startups is a challenge. How much should I grant? How big...
OMG! You Were Right All Along!
Remember that time you spent weeks modeling a new incentive plan only to have it shot down? They explained that...
The Real Cost of Mismanaged Incentives: Wells Fargo
Well, so much for the warm-hearted caffeinated, pick-me-up from the Comp Café. Today is a steaming jolt of quadruple espresso...
When Incentive Pay Goes Rogue!
A friend of mine likes to say: “It’s not that incentive pay doesn’t work well, it’s that it works TOO...
Why Should Employees Care About Investors?
Apple’s stock price is somewhere around $108 today. Over the past five years it has been anywhere from $50 to...
Executive Pay Has Been Fixed on Both Sides of the Pond!
In the past week there have been two major reports describing how to fix executive compensation. The first is from...
What Do You REALLY Know About Pay?
Before there were photographs, sailors would return from long trips and describe animals to artists who would then create “official”...