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Deciding how much equity & compensation to offer your co-founders, earliest employees, & investors can be a confusing & difficult task - and, easy to get wrong. From calculating your valuation to managing your cap table - there are a number of financial steps to master early on in your business.
Our panel of experts will help you become equity smart by sharing the fundamentals of a successful startup equity & compensation model. They'll discuss founder's stock & how to split it with co-founders, how to avoid the common pitfalls startups make, & guide questions on all of the technicalities.
They will also share how to adjust & manage your equity model as your startup grows & gets more funding - and, what all of this means if you're acquired or IPO.
What you'll learn:
Deep understanding of cap tables, what yours should look like, & what investors want to see
How to structure & split equity with co-founders - & whether or not founders should be compensated early on
An understanding of Qualified Business Stock, section 1202 of the IRS code
Understanding of the common terms & what they mean to your startup: grants, cliffs, option pool, early exercise options, wage deferral, ISOs, RSUs, vesting, etc.
Drinks & networking to follow.
Schedule
6:30PM
Check-In
7:00PM-8:00PM
Equity & Compensation Models for Startups
8:00PM-9:00PM
Drinks + Networking
Speakers
Lyman Thai
Counsel, Atrium
Lyman counsels Atrium & its clients through daily operational challenges, financing events, & significant corporate transactions. Lyman has represented startups from incorporation to exit, & has guided a broad range of stakeholders, including high-growth companies, venture capital firms, other institutional investors, & strategic investors, through over $1 billion of dollars invested in venture financing transactions.
Lyman previously worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California. Prior to becoming a startup lawyer in Silicon Valley, Lyman worked in the renewable energy industry in Houston, Texas.
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