www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

From Payne.org Wiki. 4 Vesting. You usually dont get all of your stock up front; it vests over a period of time, starting from your first day at work. Vesting parameters vary widely, but a classic model is 4 year vesting, a 1 year "cliff", and then monthly or quarterly vesting after that. 3 Dilution.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

When I was a manager, I was once leading a cycle post-mortem. Richard Ackoff proposed a "Decision Record" model where managers write down their expectations for the outcomes from a strategy or course of action and their reasons why. Utopian theoretics make great blogs but not great managers. March 5, 2009 8:56 AM Eric said.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders.”. The post-mortem of ArsDigita takes the cake for candor and illustrating in graphic detail what goes on when investors and startup management have a falling out from the startup’s perspective.

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