Questions tagged [equity]
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Losing equity if my work is used for a new company
Say there is a small company (C1) that gives me 0.1% equity for building their website since they did not want to pay cash.
Now the founders of C1 stop working on C1 , create a new company C2 and use my website for C2. They sell my website for $1…
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What does equity mean for me in practical terms in a job offer?
I am looking at a job offer and they are offering me the following equity package:
Equity: 14,000 stock options
Equity Breakdown: All equity goes on a 4 year vesting schedule, with a
1 year cliff. The numbers below show what the equity was most…
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In what situation would dilution be pursued by non-founders
A VC seeds a Pre-Seed startup (the status label then change from Pre to Post-Seed). As I understand it, stakeholder objectives include maximizing value (100% of zero is nothing and 20% of $10M is more). My understanding is that founders seek…
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How equity works - is there a difference between rescaling equity and fixed-equity?
after a colleague of mine left the company, I'd like to provide him/er with an equity for the work done. I'd like this equity to be dynamic, meaning that whenever a new member or investor enters, his/er equity rescales proportionally.
As an…
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Do estates have to sell equity in a responsible manner?
For example, the Bill Gates foundation owns 11 odd million shares in Walmart. If Bill's passing would require the foundation's assets to be liquidated, how would that happen?
I'm assuming a sudden influx of 11 million Walmart shares would tank the…
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