SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

I was just asked about a particular startup situation (seed stage, CMO hire, non-founder) and particularly what compensation and equity is appropriate. Quick & Dirty How-To: Employee Stock Option Allocations Seed Stage Compensation What are typical compensation numbers?

CTO Hire 329

CTO Hire Equity Seed Stage Option Pool 329

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept. Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars?

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Early Stage Equity CTO Hire Sweat Equity 391

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

This week they set out to create their cap table and hire a CTO. Equity is split 55% and 45%, but where is that officially recorded? As first time entrepreneurs they did not create an employee options pool; we’ll fix that in a little while. Praveena wants to invest $20,000 and get 20% equity.

Cap Table 133

Cap Table CTO Hire Technical Cofounder Cofounder 133

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Should You Share Equity with Consultants? Science and Technology Technology. We had a rough time early on," says Parker, president and chief technology officer of Roving Software Inc. , Parker found that equity as compensation helped build loyalty to his company -- even among consultants.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Precise valuations are impossible to determine because of adjustments to employee option pools, possible buybacks of common stock, etc. as of 12/31/09).

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Quite frankly, waiting provides more assurance around employment risk without the commensurate sacrifice in equity comp. Startup employees are granted common shares out of something called an option pool. Why not wait until the opportunity to be engineer #10, #20, #100? Facebook’s engineer #100 isn’t doing poorly.

Engineer 129

Engineer Dilution Option Pool Vesting 129

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Office Space. Virtual Office. How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders.

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Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62