Vesting Questions

We have a Hong Kong company and are trying to launch. We have limited funds but are thinking of hiring someone and paying in shares. However, we don't want to just sell shares and watch our new...

Hiring Legal Agreements Shares Vesting

asked Jun 17 '14 at 09:16

User33966
11 points

What is the difference between clawback and founder vesting? It seems that the term "clawback" was used in connection with the Zynga and Skype cases Equity Clawback - how to avoid Zynga situation

Equity Shares Vesting

asked Jul 31 '12 at 19:33

Jhexp
105 points

Suppose 2 founders started a company. After 4 years and full vesting one founder decides to leave. Then after 2 more years company successfully sold and both receive the same value. That looks...

Equity Vesting

asked Apr 16 '14 at 13:46

Роман Семенов
16 points

To keep it simple, let's say you have an employee who is about to fully vest into getting 2% equity in your company. They're a critical part of your engineering team and you want to try to retain...

Equity Employees Vesting

asked Mar 26 '14 at 21:11

John Marsh
30 points

Lets presume I'm going to sell my company for $1 million. Would it be normal for the acquirer to want to only pay $500K in cash and the other $500K after 1-3 years of being employed by them? In...

Acquisition Vesting

asked Feb 14 '14 at 02:46

User30124
1 point

I have been trying to start my own tech startup for a year and half. During this time i built significant IP and invested my time and effort. I have a database of users and mailing list. I have...

Co-Founder Equity Vesting

asked Aug 19 '13 at 13:48

Kris
1 point

I'm the technical co-founder at a startup. We have soft-circled nearly 50% of our seed round, are participating in an accelerator this summer, are rapidly acquiring new users, and have been in...

Equity Founders Agreement Founders Stock Options Vesting

asked Jul 25 '13 at 00:28

Sohan Jain
6 points

I'm leaving a startup I co-founded, with some of my shares already vested. The other shareholders want me to give back more shares than specified by our vesting agreement. It does seem to make...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Investment Vesting

asked Jun 17 '13 at 22:37

Dan
26 points

We was discussing the vesting agreement with one of our investors and we proposed a time-based solution. he said that vesting shouldn't be time-based but should depend on KPIs instead. so each...

Founders Vesting

asked May 28 '13 at 09:36

Shreef
21 points

We are a tech consulting company and our current group consists of four equity partners. We are interested in adding a new "business" partner, as our current partners are all technical, but we know...

Co-Founder Equity Distribution Vesting

asked Apr 27 '13 at 06:31

Bd2x
6 points

So here's the the quick summary: Three co-founders with shares equally divided. Started working on it about a year ago, got incorporated about 4 months ago. Now one of the co-founders wants to...

Co-Founder Shares Vesting

asked Apr 29 '13 at 05:36

Neon Blue Hair
66 points

6 months ago I quit my job to start a startup with two other people. I'm the business guy. I worked full-time on the project from day No. 1, and made substantial contributions to branding, customer...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Founders Vesting

asked Apr 30 '13 at 08:23

Ileftearly
21 points

How does reverse-vesting work? I understand the company has the right to "buy back" shares if the employee leaves early, but how exactly does that work? What price do they pay per share?

Shares Vesting

asked May 9 '13 at 13:24

Gili
178 points

My brother had an idea for a business and asked me to be his partner. His idea was for me to have 20% ownership and he has 80%. He is going to fund the business (at most $20,000) and believes that...

Startup Costs Negotiation Partnership Family Vesting

asked Apr 10 '13 at 23:32

Dina
11 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I am one of three cofounders at an early stage startup. We have been working with an outsourced developer...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Salary Vesting

asked Jan 21 '13 at 09:55

B B
11 points

Can a vesting schedule be applied to a non-founding member of a corporation (eg. an officer, employee, etc)?

Incorporation Vesting

asked Aug 11 '12 at 04:15

Dave
34 points

I am involved with a startup that has a very unique structure. We started as friends, all working in our spare time, never intending for it to become a business. Eventually, it started catching on...

Co-Founder Equity Part Time Vesting

asked May 31 '12 at 14:32

Lbc
16 points

Is it possible to have a Section 83(b) Election when the only risk of forfeiture of the restricted stock is for unvested shares and there are no repurchase rights for vested shares (ie all vested...

Legal Tax Shares Vesting

asked Apr 13 '12 at 13:54

Jj.
29 points

I'm a co-founder of a startup, and I've been working on it for almost 3 years. The vesting term is 1-year cliff and 1/48 per month. So now I have vested 15%, and 5% not yet vested. I need to quit...

Equity Vesting

asked Feb 27 '12 at 01:53

Samie
18 points

I have already read many of the posts here about this topic and I got very good insights already but I was hoping to get some tailored advice for my situation. I have been working two years in a...

Co-Founder Equity Vesting

asked Mar 1 '12 at 05:24

Throw Away 222
33 points