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In reality, so-called “Founder’s” shares are simply common stock, issued at the time of startup incorporation, for a very low price, and normally allocated to the multiple initial players commensurate with their investment or role. Stock dilution control. MORE
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By Sean Greaney: sgreaney@stubbsalderton.com Originally published on Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Sean Greaney, attorney with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP gives an informative introduction to Restricted Stock for startup companies. What is founder restricted stock? Founder restricted stock refers to shares of common stock that are owned by a founder but are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of certain contractually agreed upon events. MORE
Donations of private stock enable investors, founders and employees to support charitable causes and contribute to the community while receiving simultaneous benefits in the form of substantial cash savings from reduced taxes as well as bypassing capital gains taxes. In some cases, this can represent a form of “partial liquidity” for otherwise illiquid stock. At a simple level, you can deduct up to 30% of your annual adjusted gross income for the value of a stock donation. MORE
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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. Thus, stock doesn’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. MORE
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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. Your compensation is the total package of stock plus salary plus benefits. MORE
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Donations of private stock enable investors, founders and employees to support charitable causes and contribute to the community while receiving simultaneous benefits in the form of substantial cash savings from reduced taxes as well as bypassing capital gains taxes. In some cases, this can represent a form of “partial liquidity” for otherwise illiquid stock. At a simple level, you can deduct up to 30% of your annual adjusted gross income for the value of a stock donation.
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As an example, let’s say that I invest $100,000 into Company X and receive 10% of the company’s stock in exchange for my investment. So it would seem on the surface that I contributed $100,000 and you as the founder contributed $900,000, so we should therefore both just get a proportionate number of shares of the same kind of stock, right? THEN, anything left over (in this case it would be $400,000) goes to you (who own what is called “Common” stock).
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