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AUGUST 6, 2015

When someone goes to work for an early startup, the compensation package general includes an annual salary, health insurance, and, instead of fixed-cost performance upside, a percentage of unvested options to purchase equity in the company. It falls on the hiring company to thoroughly explain equity options to their new employees.

Equity 120

Equity Employee Cap Table Stock Options 120

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AUGUST 6, 2015

When someone goes to work for an early startup, the compensation package general includes an annual salary, health insurance, and, instead of fixed-cost performance upside, a percentage of unvested options to purchase equity in the company. It falls on the hiring company to thoroughly explain equity options to their new employees.

Equity 120

Equity Employee Cap Table Stock Options 120

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

This is one part human nature and one part a damning effect of expecting results from a practiced action which secondary education engrains in us — we seek proven endeavors with demonstrable security that we can attain step by known step.

Equity 120

Equity Security Community Conversion 120

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Insurance companies have decades if not centuries of brand equity to draw upon. The Lifelock founder established credibility by sharing his social security number with the world. Establishing credibility is incredibly difficult as well.

Retention 196

Retention Equity Portfolio Channel 196

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs). Why Write About This Now? It was the confluence of three unconnected things.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335