STOCK OPTIONS AND START-UPS
You just traded in your high paying salary and a plethora of benefits in exchange for 100-hour work-weeks and a modest equity stake in a start-up company because you think you have just signed on with the next Facebook or Google. Please keep in mind, however, that stock options do not put food on the […]
REVIEW THE EQUITY PLANS BEFORE YOU ACCEPT THE JOB
Many companies today offer equity in the form stock options and/or restricted stock as part of a new employee’s compensation package. This is particularly true if the company is a “start-up” that uses equity to entice you to take the position because it does not have the cash flow to pay employees the salaries they […]
EQUITY BUY INS
Instead of providing equity to executives in the former of options and restricted stock that vest over time, some employers ask their executives to “put their money where their mouth is” by making an equity investment in the company. Given the current state of our economy, and the grumblings from Main Street about executive pay, […]