Equity

Using Equity to attract Talent for your Startup

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a collection of useful articles and videos for entrepreneurs thinking about using equity (% shares in your company) to attract other empl...

• Article Some Thoughts On Equity Compensation – Fred Wilson, AVC
• Article How Former BuzzFeed Employees Missed Their Big Payday | The New Yorker
• SlideShare Building an Ownership Culture (Stanford GSB, Feb 2018)
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Why founders should control equity (and their board) tightly

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Lessons of warning for startup entrepreneurs

• Article Inside the Revolution at Etsy
• Video How Airbnb’s CEO uses an Unconventional Management Approach to Drive the $85 Billion Brand
• Article They thought they were joining an accelerator — instead they lost their startups | TechCrunch
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Payments, Salaries and Team Building at Startups

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How much should you pay your founding team? How about the team? Here is a collection of articles and videos looking at Team Building usi...

• Article What are the average CEO salaries in the US for VC-funded startups? - Quora
• Article What income should CEOs make compared to the income of their employees? - Jason M. Lemkin | Quora
• Article The Co-Founder Relationship – Fred Wilson AVC
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How to structure a Board - for startups

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How to structure a Board - for startups

• Article What you need to know about startup boards | TechCrunch
• Article The Strategic Approach to Building a Board | Andreessen Horowitz
• Article Governance for Startups: How to build and manage a Board : Seedcamp
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How to split equity among co-founders

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a collection of useful articles and videos for entrepreneurs thinking about using splitting equity among cofounders

• Article How to Split Equity Among Co-Founders – Y Combinator
• Article Founders Equity - Best Practices for Startup Founder Equity
• Article The Equity Equation | YCombinator. Paul Graham essay
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Options, Vesting, Equity, and Funding Startups - Examples

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a collection of examples of startups using Options, Vesting, Equity for funding

• Article Introducing Open Equity: Buffer’s Equity Formula and Full Individual Breakdown
• Article How Former BuzzFeed Employees Missed Their Big Payday | The New Yorker
• Article The Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation — Holloway
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Founders, Equity and Exits

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a collection of articles about entrepreneurship, Founders, Equity and Exits

• Article GitHub Billionaires Will Own More Microsoft Stock Than Its CEO - Bloomberg

Options, Vesting, Equity, and Funding Startups

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a collection of useful articles and videos for entrepreneurs thinking about using equity for fundraising and team building

• Article EquityBee raises $20M to help startup employees actually afford their stock options – TechCrunch
• Website Ledgy - cap table management
• Website AngelList Stack | Create a fundraising-ready startup
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RSUs - Restricted Stock Units - Options, Vesting, Equity, and Funding Startups

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RSUs - Restricted Stock Units - Options, Vesting, Equity, and Funding Startups

• Article How Do Stock Options and RSUs Differ?
• Article Don’t Tax Options And RSUs Upon Vesting! | AVC, Fred Wilson

Co-founder relationship challenges for startup entrepreneurs

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Lessons of warning for startup entrepreneurs

• Article 2 founders are not always better than 1 | MIT Sloan
• Article The Co-Founder Relationship – Fred Wilson AVC

Options, Vesting, Equity, and Funding Startups - Advice from AVC, Fred Wilson

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a collection of useful articles and videos for entrepreneurs thinking about using equity for fundraising and team building

• Article Employee Equity: The Option Strike Price – AVC
• Article Employee Equity: Options – AVC
• Article The Employee Equity Project – AVC

How to structure a Board - for startups - advice from Mark Suster

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a collection of lessons for entrepreneurs about How to structure a Board - for startups

Carta- startup for valuing Options, Vesting, Equity, and Funding Startups

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a collection of useful articles and videos for entrepreneurs thinking about using equity for fundraising and team building

• Article Carta was just valued at $1.7 billion by Andreessen Horowitz, in a deal some see as rich – TechCrunch
• Article Cap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new funding – TechCrunch
• Article CartaX - Andreessen Horowitz

Advisory Board - How to structure a Board of Advisors - for startups

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a collection of lessons for entrepreneurs about How to structure a Board - for startups

• Article How to work with startup advisors (board) | Gust Launch
• Article Build your own personal board of directors || Harvard Business Review
• Article Building an Advisory Board? Remember These 5 Strategies to Land The Right Advisors | Inc.com
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Fundraising with Debt - alternative ways of Funding Startups

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Fundraising with Debt - alternative ways of Funding Startups

• Article DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M, profitability