View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

But delaying or avoiding the conversation often results in it being more awkward than it needs to be. You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

But delaying or avoiding the conversation often results in it being more awkward than it needs to be. You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

But delaying or avoiding the conversation often results in it being more awkward than it needs to be. You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. This is typically done in a founder stock purchase agreement which contains vesting.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Less than you’ll probably grant your most junior employees in stock options? These are all real conversations. of the time I have no vested interest in having the debate. What if when you have that conversation you don’t agree? Him: Not so good. Obviously he’d be pissed off. Me: I know. Employment.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Startups often hand out shares, options, and warrants for employees and for contractors rendering needed services. Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Keep the valuations consistent with company progress.

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Hippoland

APRIL 10, 2016

Ada is my professor, and we are using her lab, and the company is based on her research, though the IP is assigned to the company. First off, whatever you decide, you should implement vesting. Standard vesting practices in the Silicon Valley at this time of writing are 4 year vesting with a 1 year cliff.

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