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Fred WilsonI've gotten a number of suggestions about turning MBA Mondays (including the amazing comments from all of you) into a textbook. That's not going to happen. I don't want to publish these MBA posts in yesterday's technology. I want to publish them in tomorrow's technology. And I want them to be free […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonMBA Mondays are back after a week hiatus. We are several posts into a series on Merger and Acquisitions. In our last post, we talked about the key characteristics of mergers and acquisitions. And we touched on the two kinds of purchases, the asset purchase and the company purchase. Today I’d like […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonWe had a bunch of questions about vesting in the comments to last week’s MBA Mondays post. So this post is going to be about vesting. Vesting is the technique used to allow employees to earn their equity over time. You could grant stock or options on a regular basis and accomplish something […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonFor the past six weeks, we've been talking about employee equity on MBA Mondays. We've covered the basics, some specifics, and we've discussed the main form of employee equity which are stock options. Today we are going to talk about two other ways companies grant stock to employees, restricted […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonA stock option is a security which gives the holder the right to purchase stock (usually common stock) at a set price (called the strike price) for a fixed period of time. Stock options are the most common form of employee equity and are used as part of employee compensation packages in most […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThis is the third post in an MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity. Last week I talked about Dilution. This week I am going to talk about the antidote to Dilution which is Appreciation, specifically stock price appreciation. When you start a company, on day one the stock is basically worthless. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
