Blog Employee Naming Stock Options 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. The same Emotional Quotient and approach that attracts investors will also attract excellent employees. Often companies will put you on their advisory board just to use your name and image (and not really want your advice).
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I talked about the need to have a restricted stock plan for your earliest employees.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 16, 2016
Step 3: List the names of the business development, technology scouts and other people involved in acquisitions and note their names next to the name of the target company. The odds on day-one are that you can’t name anyone. Get your company talked about in the blogs and newsletters they read. Lessons Learned.
Hunter Walker
MAY 1, 2022
Selective Leaks of Previous Discussions & Policy Debates In The Name of ‘Transparency’ Would Put Twitter Employees At Risk. as a blog post opener is usually a good reason to close my browser window and take a walk. Namely, the years of emails and documents that detail debates over policy and legal stances.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
Moving on … My second post was directed at employees. If you’ve done it for a long time then I usually advise hiring managers to hire you as contractors and not full-time employees. No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. It’s a subjective topic. We were family.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 2, 2010
I always encourage people to allocate a few extra stock options to those that join super early when your company is risky and they just believed in you. I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. It turned into this blog. Yes, we had a few laughs about his name – hey, we were in our early 20′s.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price?
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