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What is considered “generous-stock-options” for a start-up company in its early days?
We are a young startup, founded by 3 members about a year and a half ago, and recently closed a seed-stage investment round.
We are about to hire our first 3 employees, 2 tech, 1 ...
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Startup equity for employee - real stock or option
For an earlier employee (not C level title), is it common to pay via option instead of real stock equity?
Assume both need to suffer from 4 year vesting schedule with 1 year cliff.
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As an Early Employee | Equity vs ESOP? and how much?
I have been working in a startup for quite some time now. Recently they have raised seed capital so now going to formalize stuff. They have given me an option to choose between Equity or ESOPs.
I am ...
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0.5% equity and 2k/month to be the #1 CDO in a startup
I really need your help.
It 's the first time I've been asked to work for a startup.
The company has already been made, founded by 2 partners, and has already received an initial investment, but has ...
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C Corporation single shareholder / highly-compensated employee limitations?
If I'm a single shareholder/owner and employee of a C Corporation, am I limited from taking any deductions due to being a highly-compensated employee (due to share ownership)?
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How much in stock options should we offer new employees?
We're a software startup with annual revenue in the ballpark of half a million. We're completely bootstrapped, and have no current plans to take funding. We currently have 4 employees. We're ...
