Employee Finance Liquidity Event 
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." I'll get to service providers in a later post. Which means n = (i - 1)/i.
Steve Blank
JULY 11, 2017
After the director left, I must have looked pretty surprised as the CFO explained, “We have tens of thousands of employees, and at the rate we’re growing it’s almost impossible to keep up with our space needs in the Bay Area. This founder’s reality distortion field attracted a large number of employees who shared his vision.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 7, 2013
From the perspective of my outside friends, why are employees that so clearly impact the growth trajectory of a company look like they’re getting screwed? Startup employees are granted common shares out of something called an option pool. These common shares are granted to founders from the beginning, not employees.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
Second, the leaders of these companies tended to be those who excelled at finance, supply chain or production. But starting in the last quarter of that century and accelerating in this one, a new form of financing – risk capital (angel and venture capital) — emerged. They knew how to execute the current business model.
Hunter Walker
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
So for the most part a venture investor holds their equity until the company exits via an acquisition, IPO, or some sort of other liquidity event (management buyout, whatever). And I’d say, it does even if it sucks for other investors and the employee common shareholders. You might think, “Hunter!
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
practice in mid-sized or large organizations and act more as employees than owners of the medical practice. Over the next decade, most experts predict that independent dentists will rapidly consolidate into larger and larger practices, where eventually their role will shift to that of the employee as opposed to small business owner.
View from Seed
MAY 19, 2015
Without a full corporate infrastructure of support, and more importantly, without extensive monetary resources, founders and employees must spend wisely. Even if VC financing has been raised, extravagant and wasteful spending by a few founders or company leadership sets the tone for the entire organization.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
391 
Let's personalize your content