Hiring Management Stock Options Vesting 
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. Here’s why.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2020
The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires.
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 17, 2013
It’s the annual bonus, next year bonus plan, option grant refresh cycle. For many management teams, especially in rapidly growing, or mature companies, it’s an important part of their existence as culturally we’ve oriented compensation, bonuses, and future compensation around an annual cycle. Let me give an example.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
If however you are giving a “normal employee” an incentive stock option plan (more on that later), that’s entirely different. Make sure you understand all of your options before making any decisions. When business owners decide to go down the route of equity compensation, there are two primary options to choose between.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Some rules about stock options and phantom stock: [Email readers, continue here…] The real insight here is that stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early-stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. How about multiple classes of stock?
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 10, 2016
The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires.
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