Employee Equity: How Much? The most common comment in this long and complicated MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity is the question of how much equity should you grant when you make a hire. And the amount of equity you need to grant to accomplish these hires is also an art and most certainly not a science. Video. Radio. MORE >>

This covers one of the most common situations I encounter: For a pre-funding web startup whose team includes only a non-technical cofounder, how much equity should an incoming technical cofounder get? This is an area that varies widely and can significantly impact how much equity a technical cofounder receives (if they take more salary). MORE >>

believe that if given the opportunity to take off through the proposed legislation, crowd-funding platforms and their users would develop similar, or perhaps very different, ways of giving would-be investors some comfort that the firms or individuals seeking to raise money aren’t crooks, and even cranks. That is a legitimate worry. MORE >>

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. In Noam’s dataset, 73% of founding teams split equity within a month of founding, a striking number given the big uncertainties early in the life of any startup. Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. MORE >>

My friend Sheryl of Greenopedia was just accepted to Startup Chile , which provides office space, a little seed money and an adventure in Chile, without giving up any equity. Development Innovation Ventures. DIV funds the identification and implementation of solutions to global development issues. Startup Chile. Kickstarter. MORE >>