Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

It was a stock option incentive related “expense” but I bet you didn’t know that because in an era where we only read the headlines — they must be a train wreck losing billions. Revenue When I look at an income statement I start by focusing on the revenue line. You need to understand the “quality” of the revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

And I made a version of this company-wide speech to our employees: “Look. I know that we haven’t brought in revenue as quickly as we had hoped. They haven’t hit their revenue targets. Don’t overset expectations for your employees on the way in. We do hand out stock options.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Cohen sets up an example where a senior position job candidate is stuck on a salary twice as high as the CEO is willing to pay, leading to a standoff between the two. Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options. See insight 28.).

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

We’re hitting record revenue months, weeks, and margins. There are startups out there that are valued at a billion dollars, but because of employee salaries, assets, etc. Don’t be afraid to pivot The collapse of SVB spurred us to do a deep evaluation of how we’re generating revenue and value for customers.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Namely, windfall revenue from oil means that the Texas taxman does not collect personal or corporate income taxes (on the state level). For the time being, you’ll spend 40–50% less on renting a home or office and 20–30% less on employee salaries, while not giving up that much in terms of the startup ecosystem.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

Without them, you cannot earn any revenue. If your vision is powerful enough, you can make up for this by offering recruits stock options. Then, even if their salary is low, your employees would have the option of selling these options at a later date, if the company succeeds.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

You scraped together enough for an angel round but not enough to pay yourself a real salary. So the tech team departed en masse to find the next great stock option scheme to make their big bucks. An employee walks up to me and says, “Mark, I’m thinking about buying a house. But we departed on good terms.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2024

The number of employees grows. And then company grows… Once the company hits high growth or larger size, it is logical to follow the standard practice in the creation of two standing committees composed of outside board members (not employees or executives) – the compensation committee and the audit committee.

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Berkonomics

MAY 26, 2010

One of his lessons remains clearly on my mind and is a variant of the old “You name the price and I’ll name the terms” challenge that works so well in negotiation. . Cohen sets up an example where a senior position job candidate is stuck on a salary twice as high as the CEO is willing to pay, leading to a standoff between the two.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 30, 2015

Salaries or hourly wages must be within reasonable limits set by the industry and matched by the competition, both regionally and for the same job classification. But more difficult is the sticky issue of employee incentive compensation. What a title. Of course money motivates. But there is more to it then this.

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www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home Events Contact Jobs StartupIndex Founders versus early employees by David Crow on September 10th, 2009 in Resources Not everyone can be a founder. But for every founder, there is an early employee that takes near equal risks in joining an early-stage company. David Beisel We need to celebrate the employees at startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

Moving on … My second post was directed at employees. If you’ve done it for a long time then I usually advise hiring managers to hire you as contractors and not full-time employees. No employees wanted to join startups – they were all looking for stable jobs. I learned about revenue recognition.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Also, equity is utilized to incentivize employees to work together toward a similar goal, whether that objective is to become the next unicorn or to be acquired by a major corporation. Equity for Employees.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The number of employees grows. Once created, it is logical to follow the standard practice in the creation of two standing committees composed of outside board members (not employees or executives) – the compensation committee and the audit committee. Bank loans with restrictive covenants are taken on.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Can you live off this (likely lower) salary? Do you get along with the employees? What salary are you hoping to earn? The best general rule of thumb is that if your role is to generate revenue for the company, then you are in Bucket X. If your role is not actively creating revenue, then you are in Bucket Y.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

How many employees would a medium-sized business have in your definition? Jason: If I’m managing my whole business with this tool, I don’t have 100 employees. you can’t have one employee because meetings are just too easy and you don’t really have them formally. You can’t have 5,000 employees.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Most firmsalso have a handful of junior employees called something likeassociates or analysts. Theres only common stock at this stage.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 17, 2011

a champ like Tyson, a captain like Kirk, no Employee of the Month ‘cause yo, I do work. Often when I meet with startups, the employees have no job titles. When your head of sales interviews for her next job, she won’t want to say that despite the fact that she ran a global sales force with hundreds of employees, her title was “Dude.”.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

ME: Of course getting tied up with that might distract you from other growth opportunities, and sometimes buyers don’t like that you’re dependent on another company for revenue. Deal A gets you your number, but your employees get a small signing bonus and no salary raises; they’ll resent you for not taking care of them.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Also, for the full time coder, you may violate your employee contract especially in the area of non-competes or just plain piss off your boss when he finds out how much time you have been putting into a side project when deadlines were looming. Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”.

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