Conversion Hiring Retention Vesting 
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
More often than not, equity compensation is an attraction and retention tool, rather than a replacement to salary. Stock options are issued to employees usually through an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) and include what is called a “vesting period.” The longer employees stay, the more of their stock options they “vest.”.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 17, 2013
Assume you hire someone and grant them 10,000 options with monthly vesting of four years with a one year cliff. That means that after one year, they get 25% of their options and then start vesting the remaining options monthly at a rate of 1/48 (208.3 Let me give an example. options / month, or 2,500 / year.)
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Austin Startup
AUGUST 20, 2017
Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Your best defense against slippage is making the right hires in the first place.
Gust
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. of MySpace, Inc.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Persistence.
OnlyOnce
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
I am realistic enough to know that’s not possible, but as you know, employee engagement, retention, and growth & development are incredibly important to us. Ideally that would be your manager, but if you’re not comfortable starting the conversation there, find someone else — your department head, someone in HR, me.
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