Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

I know that we haven’t brought in revenue as quickly as we had hoped. They haven’t hit their revenue targets. Join because you’ll make a good not great salary. We do hand out stock options. I know that we’ve made some mistakes. I know it sucks that we had to reduce staff. Believe me.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Should be overwhelm prospective employees with stock options and perks? 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. Or concentrate our available resources on just plain money as an attraction?

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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

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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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.

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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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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Can you live off this (likely lower) salary? 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. What about company stock options?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Therefore, CEOs have strong reasons to issue stock options. Founders can compensate them in either equity or salary as per their preference. It is not possible to shift costs and revenues in a linear manner.

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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. Sure, our revenue is growing, but is that enough to raise an internal round? But we departed on good terms. Are you kidding me?

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2024

Compensation’s charter is to approve stock option grants for any employee, no matter how small the grant, and all salary and benefits for at least the CEO if not the next level down, to avoid conflict of interest with the CEO.

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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. And there are some industries where tools such as stock options are considered mandatory for a company to be competitive. What a title. Of course money motivates.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to retain employees when stock options were no longer a real currency. and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

How do you split revenue? You may call it employee number one with a really low salary and really generous stock options and as the company grows, you’ll fix their salary. And then the final thing is just getting the revenue up. Jason: A lot of things are solved with revenue. ” Jason: So?

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joel.is

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Within the Buffer team we have complete compensation transparency and every team member knows each others’ salary and equity stake through stock options. In fact, we share the bank balance and revenue numbers publicly. Transparency builds trust and triggers better decisions.

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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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www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

They are rough estimates.Any one have sample option grants in Canada? I would assume that they are very similar but given the lower valuations and this may change the salary/options mix. How many early employees are forgoing salary? Are the percentages different? The founders will each take a major chunk (e.g.

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 17, 2011

Should your company make Vice President the top title or should you have Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Revenue Officers, Chief People Officer’s, and Chief Snack Officers? Andreessen argues that people ask for many things from a company: salary, bonus, stock options, span of control, and titles.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Compensation’s charter is to approve stock option grants for any employee, no matter how small the grant, and all salary and benefits for at least the CEO if not the next level down, to avoid conflict of interest with the CEO.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Ifyour competitors offer employees stock options that might make themrich, while you make it clear you plan to stay private, yourcompetitors will get the best people. So after this the option pool is down to 13.7%). [

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Not ‘maybe’ not ‘if this makes $’ not even ‘when we make $ – see how many companies went bust with all the codeheads accepting part ownership or ‘options’ but cash in the hand. Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”. How many were started by programmers?

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