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How To Prevent Your Founder’s Shares From Vaporizing

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. Typically, vesting in startups occurs monthly over four years, starting with the first 25 percent of shares vesting only after an owner has remained active for at least 12 months (one year cliff ). Key founder vesting should have no cliff.

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How to pick a co-founder

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Be especially careful with the “sales&# guy here. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ). Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA! Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.

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8 Keys To Maximizing Your New Venture Stock Net Worth

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. Typically, vesting in startups occurs monthly over four years, starting with the first 25 percent of shares vesting only after an owner has remained active for at least 12 months (one year cliff ). Key founder vesting should have no cliff.

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Founder’s Stock Is Gold, If You Know The Rules

Startup Professionals Musings

Since Founder’s shares are usually issued at the time the company is incorporated, they essentially have no real value. Vesting with no cliff. Most Founder vesting is not subject to the one year cliff because partners should already know and trust each other.

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How to Protect Your Startup Founder’s Shares

Startup Professionals Musings

Since founder’s shares are usually issued at the time the company is incorporated, they essentially have no real value. Vesting with no cliff. Most founder vesting is not subject to the one year cliff because partners should already know and trust each other.

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Founder’s Stock is Simple, but Watch the Details

Startup Professionals Musings

Since founder’s shares are usually issued at the time the company is incorporated, they essentially have no par value. Vesting starts now. Most founder vesting is not subject to the one year cliff because founders should already know and trust each other.

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Founder’s Stock Is Gold, If You Know The Rules

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Since Founder’s shares are usually issued at the time the company is incorporated, they essentially have no real value. Vesting with no cliff. Most Founder vesting is not subject to the one year cliff because partners should already know and trust each other.

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