Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. More information comes out.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Thus, options don’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. Unless you have a sizable nest egg, or a working spouse with an income to support you, I would recommend that you consider any stock options as a “potential bonus,” rather than a key part of your compensation for joining a startup. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2011

Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. Unless you have a sizable nest egg, or a working spouse with an income to support you, I would recommend that you consider any stock options as a “bonus,” rather than a key part of your compensation for joining a startup. Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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ithacaVC

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Here is the latest edition of Finance Fridays from Brad Feld called “Introducing the Cap Table and CTO” Every startup needs someone to be in charge of the Cap Table. Note how the new CTO Praveena implicitly negotiated to get her 15% founders shares after creation of the stock option pool.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2010

Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. Unless you have a sizable nest egg, or a working spouse with an income to support you, I would recommend that you consider any stock options as a “bonus,” rather than a key part of your compensation for joining a startup. Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

This person needs to be incredibly skilled in engineering, and should ideally be an experienced CTO. Also think about your first employees, it’s normal to let employees participate in the companies financial success by giving away virtual stock options (I will talk about that more next in the next part of this series).

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Cofounder CTO Hire Startup Europe 119

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We had a rough time early on," says Parker, president and chief technology officer of Roving Software Inc. , If youre offering the consultant stock options, youll also want to take into consideration what the exercise price is going to be and how long the options will be outstanding.

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Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Now … these are stock options and not restricted stock so you’ll likely be taxed at a long-term capital gains rate. Stock options are the icing on the cake. Don’t join for the options.&#. So a friend recently called to ask for advice on becoming the CTO of a startup.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2013

“[At HotelTonight], we built in lots of opportunities for people to interact, from a ping pong table and vintage video game room to lots of comfortable, casual conversation areas scattered throughout the office,” Simon says. Fully stocked options at the HotelTonight Bar. Sharing is caring.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I am being offered a single digit percentage of outstanding shares, which I believe is based on the founder’s application of a share distribution as though I am in a CTO or a Director Of Engineering role. You’d have to look at your stock options contract. I feel that my gamble of 55k/yr (or 220k over 4 yrs.

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www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? If your question is available, choose it from the list.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Pitch an idea :) Usually somewhere in the pitch the listener will ask if you’d also be interested in being a CEO, CTO, etc at something they are already funding! Oh and I’m learning one other cool thing if I ever need it – you don’t need to hire a head hunter if you want a high level executive tech job.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 1, 2009

Head of Technology/CTO 1.19%. 2008 CompStudy Report in Technology. Tags: Stock options. The 2008 results are available on Altgate and are also embedded below. For example, below are the 2008 results for average equity granted at time of hire in IT companies: CEO 5.40%. President/COO 2.58%. Head of Sales 1.20%.

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