Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

When the Airbnb founders walked me through their model, how the hosts were also guests, how their community was developing, and what they’d learned from different markets like Barcelona and New York, it showed me that they were on top of Airbnb’s key business challenge, which is to build powerful marketplace dynamics.

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Hosting Hockey Stick IPO Silicon Valley 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for startup stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Equity Stock Options Advisory Board Stock 237

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Leaders with empathy listen, understand, and care about their colleagues, customers and communities. They display a vested interest in learning more about their employees and communities. The compassion they show inspires and motivates people to be better employees, team members and global citizens. Compassion.

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Vesting Agile Leadership Employee 213

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2018

These investors come from many different sources like employees, suppliers, friends and family, or other local investment groups. You can find these types of investors by networking within your community. They have a vested interest in providing assistance because they stand to make money off of your success, too.

Finance 157

Finance Equity Vesting Dividend 157

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Notice what is missing from this list of priorities: The company itself – that is, a business entity, most often a corporation , that will own the entire business (however defined), issue equity to founders, take investment capital , enter into contracts, make sales, pay employees and contractors, and so forth.

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

That means having a comprehensive employee background check system and thorough training programs that produce trustworthy employees capable of handling the work. It’s the only long-term solution available and one that the US has a vested interest in pursuing as soon as possible. But only time will tell when it happens.

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Startup Australia United States Vesting 140

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. it is acquired) and (b) the employee is terminated without cause (or sometimes resigns for good reason). Ted: Great service to the startup community! Will try and fix today.

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2018

Don’t values and community come from sharing experiences and being vulnerable together? I know I’ve got some reach for what I write, at least within a narrow community. Don’t assume everyone can just eat ramen and sleep on vesting options. I think so but then why am I getting nervous about writing this post ?

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Vesting .Net 196

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Join our community. Employee Benefits. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We a 50-employee provider of e-marketing solutions to small and midsize businesses, based in Needham, Mass. "We

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Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2017

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for startup stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Stock Stock Options Advisory Board Startup 140

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

10-20% for employees. Be generous with shares to your employees, they are your capital and most important resource. But never give away shares without vesting. And your first community person is not likely to be your VP Marketing. 60-70% for founders. Being a founder means to work – being a manager means to think.

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Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2013

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Stock Options Stock Advisory Board Startup 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2011

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened to many companies in the last few years. Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Equity Advisory Board Stock Options Stock 234

The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

But it’s likely helpful and informative for anyone in the startup community, any Hunter, or just people like me who can’t wait for their PH daily email each morning. I felt like I read about their experiment with vested interest – personally, I could not imagine how a company could run with no managers.

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PR Startup Software Review Technical Review 60

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

SERPs don’t vest right away which means there’s a risk that they could lose the funds before they reach retirement age. The whole reason for the existence of nonprofits is to serve their communities and fill the gaps in services that governments aren’t providing. The act like a pension plan that’s funded by the nonprofit organization.

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Salary Dividend Vesting Leadership 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Stock Options Stock Advisory Board Startup 230

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

When you are an employee of a company, you are often weighed down by corporate rules, procedures and a chain of command that is never as responsive you need them to be. As an employee, your destiny is in the hands of others. 8 – Worst Employee Ever. I have a confession to make, I’m the worst employee ever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2015

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for startup stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

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Stock Options Stock Advisory Board Startup 120

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2018

“Companies and employees who embrace the rapidly transforming digital landscape stand to achieve the greatest success,” says Mike Train, executive president, Emerson Automation Solutions. SUN has 154 employees and a 184,000 square foot facility. They have a vested interest in how well the company does,” he observes.

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United States Baltimore Engineer Software 29

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Policies are an important part of managing employees. When you fire an employee immediately before a major block of stock options vest, what’s the right thing to do? Vest the options. That’s part of being a community of humans with emotions and faults. Beyond Policy. We believe in doing the right thing.

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Vesting Stock Options Green Stock 59

Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Unlike previous generations young Australians are participating in community activity, many of which do not involve any economic incentives. We are more interested in a niche fringe community than a mass event. Yet it could be a big point of difference for department stores and easy to generate a solid return on the employees wages.

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Moldova Internet Australia Libya 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2010

By the way, you will normally only be offered “options,” which vest over a 4-year period after a 1-year “cliff.” Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened to many companies in the last few years. Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7%

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Stock Stock Options Advisory Board Startup 144

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Enter open source--opening up software to the community in a transparent way that allowed crowdsourced contributions to improve it. Imagine if every law and form of contract that governs your life could be made easy to read and open to improvement by the community. It’s not enough to just release a project into the community.

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Open Source Framework Vesting Community 123

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Of course, many (probably most) high quality funds use a different model, with unequal carry and vesting based on seniority and other factors. . – Share and vesting of Carry. – Employee and investor noncompete/nonsolicitation. – Employee and investor noncompete/nonsolicitation. – Key man clause.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Employees. Mission Statement. Member Coordinator.

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Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A social enterprise falls somewhere between these extremes of a non-profit, which is limited to executive compensation that is reasonable and often pays staff employees below their market value, and a for profit, which can practically pay their executives and staff whatever they think is necessary for top performance.

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Vesting Government Stock Salary 51

Transformify

JULY 16, 2019

I know that you have a very unique experience taking the leap from an entrepreneur to an employee. How does it feel to be an employee again? Sense of Community. The sponsor is a person who is not a direct manager but has a vested interest and is willing to help. Sponsorship.

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Hiring Entrepreneur Vesting Atlanta 61

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I grant to early employees? Founders usually end up with 10% to 20%, all the other employees end up with about 15%, and the VCs end up with about 60% to 75%. 5% Managers -.25%

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

Hearpreneur

MAY 27, 2020

As a coaching firm, we practice unconditional positive regard in all that we do, which resonates with our community and sets us apart from our competition. How clearly are you communicating that reason in your marketing copy? How often are you ingraining the reason into the hearts and minds of your employees? 2- Two ways.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Audience Conversion 123

Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Having an employee with a pre-existing network of local connections can help speed up the process of winning new business via referrals. If a local employee has a vested interest in the company, they are arguably more inclined to assist with introductions than they are likely to hire a translator. Building connections.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. The rule is simple: every employee is 100% responsible for how they spend their time. The suggestion is that you implement one single company-wide rule. I asked why.

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Employee San Francisco Lean Software Review 146

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

Our portfolio company BetterWorks cites a report by The World Economic Forum: “Employees are eight times more likely to be engaged when wellness is a priority in the workplace.” A pedometer is a great motivator and if all your employees are wearing them it sets up healthy competition.”

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Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. EquityZen , SharesPost , and ZenPrivEx , help employees and investors liquidate their positions in late-stage companies. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Increased productivity means increased profits allowing manufacturers to pay higher wages and attract the best employees. 13- Showcase different communities. That is when I decided I wanted to pivot my business to showcase the different communities I have had the privilege of visiting. 21- Bring unity back to communities.

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Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 147

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. Go vest yourself. During this year they. before finishing the new product (ACS 4.x);

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79