VC Adventure
AUGUST 16, 2020
The data change over time and, frankly, I’m less interested in debating what % grant your Director of Product Management should receive given your stage of company and capital raised, and more interested in the structure of your program. I’m also not going to give option bands for various positions.
Steve Blank
JULY 19, 2010
As a founder I fought with VC’s over vesting as they brought in a new CEO and walked me out the door. As a board member I negotiated with founding CEO’s over vesting when I thought it was their time to go. The fallacy is believing that a founders value is evenly distributed over four years. Where’s My Liquidity Event.
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Up and Running
OCTOBER 13, 2022
When used correctly, an ESOP is a great way to build a culture of trust and respect between employees and company management. Federal income tax-free earnings until employees take distributions. For example, plan to set aside 10-15% of the total ownership into an ESOP pool, and allocate the options over a 3 to 4-year vesting period.
Up and Running
MAY 3, 2012
In the business plans that I review, I often come across glaring gaps that are simply insurmountable; e.g. plans to launch new alcoholic beverages in the UK without understanding the capital costs or the power of distribution in that industry. The list goes on. To be clear, I’m not anti-entrepreneurship. Collectively, we need to do better.
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. He suggests granting the options on day one but making sure they vest only upon satisfactory completion of the project. Technology | Thursdays.
Up and Running
JULY 11, 2017
Most successful business plans entail launching a new product, service, or distribution outlet that attacks existing market competitors on what military planners would term an exposed flank. These types of miscalculations are often very hard for senior managers, venture capitalists, or even entrepreneurs themselves to discern.
www.instigatorblog.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Good human resource management practice can see you motivate your staff to give their very best without necessarily turning them into intrapreneurs, because when all is said and done, most people looking and taking up jobs do so because the don't to get into the intricacies of company ownership.
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