http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/ Startups, entrepreneurship, business and social media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-120842 Sleeping Under Your Desk Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:14:24 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-120842 [...] riches are a difficult lever for motivation, especially when the equity doled out is so little. The earliest employees deserve a bigger piece of the pie.There are lots of great reasons to join a startup. But there are cons too. That’s life – [...] [...] riches are a difficult lever for motivation, especially when the equity doled out is so little. The earliest employees deserve a bigger piece of the pie.There are lots of great reasons to join a startup. But there are cons too. That’s life – [...]

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-120704 Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups | Venture Funding Blog Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:04:48 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-120704 [...] Yoskovitz gets to a similar point In Changing Equity Structures for Early Startup Employees: The more that those first employees feel like founders in terms of their ownership, emotional [...] [...] Yoskovitz gets to a similar point In Changing Equity Structures for Early Startup Employees: The more that those first employees feel like founders in terms of their ownership, emotional [...]

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-113333 Michael Comeau Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:04:16 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-113333 Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold. Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold.

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-112086 Michael Comeau Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:04:16 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-112086 Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold. Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold.

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-112101 Michael Comeau Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:04:16 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-112101 Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold. Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold.

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-111610 Michael Comeau Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:04:16 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-111610 Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold. Good piece. I agree about the engineers. It's easy for them to get burnt out working hard to get a company up and running. They need a shot at a pot of gold.

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-112077 PanamaMark Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:21:19 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-112077 I agree Johns, it's a tough question with plenty of variables. One of the first things to think about is where the new employee is coming from. Most if not all new hires will be 'needs driven'. Not nec financial needs but psych needs. It takes a little time to get 'buy in' and all the new employees values to come out. I suggest giving any employee a share of the company needs to be a values based decision and one which can only be made after time. <a href="http://panamamark.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Mark</a> I agree Johns, it's a tough question with plenty of variables. One of the first things to think about is where the new employee is coming from. Most if not all new hires will be 'needs driven'. Not nec financial needs but psych needs. It takes a little time to get 'buy in' and all the new employees values to come out. I suggest giving any employee a share of the company needs to be a values based decision and one which can only be made after time. Mark

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-112092 PanamaMark Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:21:19 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-112092 I agree Johns, it's a tough question with plenty of variables. One of the first things to think about is where the new employee is coming from. Most if not all new hires will be 'needs driven'. Not nec financial needs but psych needs. It takes a little time to get 'buy in' and all the new employees values to come out. I suggest giving any employee a share of the company needs to be a values based decision and one which can only be made after time. <a href="http://panamamark.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Mark</a> I agree Johns, it's a tough question with plenty of variables. One of the first things to think about is where the new employee is coming from. Most if not all new hires will be 'needs driven'. Not nec financial needs but psych needs. It takes a little time to get 'buy in' and all the new employees values to come out. I suggest giving any employee a share of the company needs to be a values based decision and one which can only be made after time. Mark

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-111600 PanamaMark Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:21:19 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-111600 I agree Johns, it's a tough question with plenty of variables. One of the first things to think about is where the new employee is coming from. Most if not all new hires will be 'needs driven'. Not nec financial needs but psych needs. It takes a little time to get 'buy in' and all the new employees values to come out. I suggest giving any employee a share of the company needs to be a values based decision and one which can only be made after time. I agree Johns, it's a tough question with plenty of variables. One of the first things to think about is where the new employee is coming from. Most if not all new hires will be 'needs driven'. Not nec financial needs but psych needs. It takes a little time to get 'buy in' and all the new employees values to come out. I suggest giving any employee a share of the company needs to be a values based decision and one which can only be made after time.

]]> http://www.instigatorblog.com/equity-early-startup-employees/2009/09/11/comment-page-1/#comment-111599 jerryvintagetshirts Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:20:37 +0000 http://www.instigatorblog.com/?p=1017#comment-111599 Hi there! I agree with you somewhere. I liked this post very much. I like to read such an article. It is very helpful. It is very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing such a nice article. Keep on sharing such a great article. Best of luck for ahead. Hi there! I agree with you somewhere. I liked this post very much. I like to read such an article. It is very helpful. It is very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing such a nice article. Keep on sharing such a great article. Best of luck for ahead.

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