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The term sheet is one of the most important documents a founder will ever encounter. But they don’t teach you about term sheets and cap tables in school. It’s part of the “street smarts” of being...
A Survival Guide to Running a Share Plan and Escaping the Weighted Average Time Monster
Running a share plan for your employees means constant communication with your shareholders and other key stakeholders. Important guidelines for your communications can be found in the accounting...
The Founders Definitive Guide to Startup Equity
There was a time when you had to spend enormous amounts of money hiring lawyers, accountants, and other experts just to create your cap table and analyze potential funding rounds.
Five Things You Can Do RIGHT Now to Increase ESPP Participation
Just like the holidays, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) enrollment is right around the corner for most companies. And, if you’re like most companies, you’re likely pondering how to make...
Gender and Compensation at VC-backed Startups – Where Are We Today?
Compensation is the most intimate way a company can interact with its employees. For far too long, compensation managers and committees have operated behind closed doors, keeping pay guidelines...
Are Direct Public Offerings the Latest Silicon Valley Disruption?
Among this year’s highly anticipated lineup of unicorn public offerings, one stood out from the rest. Following Spotify’s 2018 direct public offering (DPO) success, Slack became the second...
Avoiding the Most Common Cap Table Pitfalls
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It’s never too soon to prepare for year-end tax reporting
With school back in session, Pumpkin Spiced Lattes returning, and year-end tax and reporting creeping up, you’re probably feeling like these events are starting earlier and earlier each year....
Stock Option Lending: The Fastest Growing Market in the Private Company Liquidity Toolbox
At this point, it has been incredibly well documented how private companies are taking longer to make the leap and launch into the public arena. Despite the recent run of IPOs that resulted in...
Things I Learned: Successful Employee Communications
This topic was initially delivered as a session at Synergy 2019 in Scottsdale, AZ. Learn more about Synergy and what to expect for Synergy 2020 in Austin, TX. Deluxe Corporation,...