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Down Rounds: How to Strategically Adapt Your Share Option Plan During Volatile MarketsJul 10, 2024
In this article, we’ll walk you through a number of strategies that private companies could implement to adapt and maintain their Share Option Plans during a volatile market. -
Cap Table Secrets: Organize Like a ProJul 3, 2024
Without proper organization, it gets very easy to mismanage your cap table very quickly. -
Form 4 Reporting for Performance AwardsJul 3, 2024
A few tips on Form 4 reporting of grants, vesting, and forfeitures of performance awards. -
How to Avoid Choosing the Wrong Cap Table SolutionJun 26, 2024
The cap table, or capitalization table, is a comprehensive document that outlines the ownership structure of a company and selecting the right cap table solution is a critical decision -
Establishing Critical Controls for Equity PlansJun 19, 2024
Don't let your internal controls fail you. Here are four areas in which it is critical to establish controls for your equity plan and 12 audit processes to implement. -
How to Create Your First Equity Plan in 10 StepsJun 19, 2024
Equity plays a crucial role in a startup's total compensation package, but structuring a plan demands careful decision-making -
Straight Talk on ESPP Disqualifying DispositionsJun 12, 2024
As a lifelong fan of broad-based ownership programs and the #1 cheerleader of ESPPs, I'm going to say something that may sound shocking. Qualified dispositions are overrated. -
Do Employees Have to Accept their Equity Grants?Jun 5, 2024
Reasons to consider requiring employees to accept their awards, when spousal consent might also be advisable, and enforcement mechanisms. -
Section 16: The Basics of Forms 3, 4, and 5May 29, 2024
Forms 3, 4, and 5 play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with Section 16 by providing a structured and transparent method for reporting changes in ownership of company securities. -
Innovative Ways to Attract, Retain & Incentivize Key EmployeesMay 29, 2024
Across all industries -- and companies of all sizes -- there has been a significant struggle to attract, retain and incentivize key executives in the current economy. -
Why Net Exercise?May 22, 2024
Learn why net exercises can be a great alterative for your option program and key considerations for implementing them. -
What Is a Tender Offer?May 15, 2024
Understanding the SEC's tender offer rules and regulations are crucial for compliance with federal securities laws. By familiarizing yourself with these regulations, companies can avoid legal pitfalls and conduct tender offers both effectively and efficiently. -
Taxation of RSUs When US Employees Transfer AbroadMay 8, 2024
Recent guidance from the IRS on how RSUs held by US citizens and residents are taxed when these employees transfer outside the United States. -
Founders: Unlock Big Tax Savings with Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)May 8, 2024
Starting a business is an exciting journey but comes with many risks. Founders work countless hours to create something innovative, and the potential for significant financial rewards is a key motivator and QSBS provides a game-changing tax benefit. -
Section 16(b): The Short-Swing Profit RuleMay 1, 2024
Very few people would disagree that insider trading is not a serious ethical breach and threat to market fairness. Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 combats this by enforcing strict regulations against what is known as "short swing" trading by company insiders -
How Market Turbulence of the Last 3 Years Has Changed Equity Plan DesignMay 1, 2024
Explore how public and private companies are managing equity so that early-stage private companies can validate their approaches and late-stage private companies can earmark the trends of public companies to stay competitive. -
Moving the Needle on Broad-based EquityApr 24, 2024
Trends in how public companies offer equity to lower ranking employees and an intriguing idea to encourage broad-based equity programs. -
Best Way to Prepare For an Exit? Get Your Cap Table Right From The Start!Apr 24, 2024
There is a lot of material on IPO and transaction readiness that may give you the answers you are looking for. This article, however, is not your traditional piece on the subject, but if you bear with me, you may find that it offers the advice you truly need. -
Disqualifying vs Qualifying: ESPPsApr 17, 2024
Qualified section 423 ESPPs give employees the opportunity to obtain preferential treatment as it relates to the taxation of their awards, assuming they are disposed of in a qualifying disposition. -
A Guide to 409A Valuations for StartupsApr 10, 2024
Learn what 409A valuations are, why private companies need them, and what is involved in obtaining one.