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Should You Offer Equity Compensation to Employees?

Up and Running

In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. Of course, not every equity compensation story is a David Choe Story. If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. We’ll be happy to help.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Member since 01/2005. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Blog powered by TypePad.

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Essay: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

The Theory of Kirzner (1973-2005) about entrepreneurship explains how the improvement of economic health affects individuals in the first world. Each new business launched has an impact on an economy and affect people around it. The creation of new goods and services improves the quality of living of companies and individuals.

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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

Arena Growth Partners | Venture Capital and Private Equity | Austin, Texas - Venture to Lead™ Aspect Ventures We bridge the gap between your seed and later stage venture so together, we can turn great ideas into great companies. That drives every decision we make. Fueled by Gayle Jobyrne and Kathryn Finney.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #8: Bootstrap or VC?

Austin Startup

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. I wish this article was out when I wrote that letter to Bootstrap Austin in 2005 as it kind of frames the tradeoff perfectly.

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What’s a Fair 409A Discount?

VC Adventure

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

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PWP Growth Equity Invests in BuildASign.com

SiliconHills

BuildASign.com, a bootstrapped online sign printer which also sells home decor items, Tuesday announced it has received an investment from PWP Growth Equity. Founded in 2005, BuildASign.com has been on a steady growth track. The Austin-based private company did not disclose financial details of the investment.

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