Finance Founder Option Pool Vesting 
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
As Finance Fridays continues, we are introducing the concept of the Cap Table. The founders each have common shares that will vest over four years. The vesting schedule protects each of the co-founders in case one gets hit by a bus or decides to drop the project after a short period of time.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." The first few people into a startup are on a spectrum of founder vs. early employee. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept.
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www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays. Franchises.
ithacaVC
DECEMBER 13, 2013
They are typically pretty simple: (i) shares owned by founders and (ii) shares authorized for issuance in a stock option pool, some of which may be issued to employees already and some of which will be available for future issuance. times more equity than Founder X. times more equity than Founder X.
techcrunch.com
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
You could make the same argument about acquisitions and option pools. This is probably why investors’ case for a company to sell early f ocuses exclusively on the founder : in most early-stage acquisitions, the liquidation preferences and deal-sweeteners only work for investors and founders.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing. Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. First , dividends.
www.instigatorblog.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
David Crow just posted about this very topic: Founders vs. Early Employees and shows the Venture Hacks chart. You can’t have an option pool that takes up 50% of the company’s shares, and you have to leave room for future employees as well. But I also told him that I though the numbers were wrong.
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