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. For your first key hires, three, five, maybe as much as ten, you will probably not be able to use any kind of formula. MORE >>

Hiring is an ongoing endeavor. Money does make some things easier – like hiring. You can finally afford people, which is nice, versus trying to convince everyone to join you for pocket change and some equity. And almost every investor pitch will include a list of key hires by position/title. (Powered by LaunchBit ). 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 >>

Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find.  I’m a big believer in only hiring A+ team members.  Hiring the big gun will often still be one weight class above where you want to hire. Your solution? MORE >>

Question: Most VCs commented that they can not fund current cap table where the CEO and COO would get 10% equity once fully vested while the current investors have 80%. Also, I have been offered 10% equity with 4 year vesting and 1 year cliff. At Equity angel ceo early stage equity ownershipLast years revenue was $52k. MORE >>