The launch prompted me to tour our VC brethren in the Boston area and was surprised at how many have been redesigned recently: NorthBridge , General Catalyst , Charles River or Longworth.   AtlasVenture Investors Venture Capital boston design venture capitalLate on Friday we launched the new website of Atlas Venture.  Check.  Check.  MORE >>

What is Sweat Equity Worth? Determining how to value sweat equity is key when negotiating with investors and employees. Entrepreneurs often ask me how to value the sweat equity invested in their startup. But over the years, I have come to realize that sweat equity isn't the same thing as market value for your startup. MORE >>

Year One Labs is a bit different (more money and more time = more equity taken); our belief being that early stage startups need more time to bake. The flip side is that people will be getting much more equity than they would have otherwise as Employee #1 or #2 at a startup. How could that work? And does it make sense?&#. MORE >>

Equity & team dynamics matter Cash certainly incentivizes salespeople (every sales executive I know has some commission-based pay), but given the non-sales responsibilities and risk taken on by early-stage hires, they’re likely motivated by more than cash. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing, 2006. Leslie, Mark and Charles A. MORE >>

Equity is split 55% and 45%, but where is that officially recorded? The benefit of hiring Praveena is they think they could keep more equity and control of the company. But, Praveena hails from the land of big paychecks and is not ready to leave that without considerable equity. Time to update the cap table. MORE >>