Shareholder's Playbook: What to Know About Selling Your Shares
If you're looking to sell shares, you must understand the documents which outline the rights that th...
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What is an Option Agreement?
The Stock Option Agreement can also be called the Stock Purchase Agreement. It may be included in yo...
The Answers to Your Startup Equity Questions
Answers to questions about start up equity compensation, stock options, lay off considerations, stri...
How to Exercise Stock Options Without Cash: A Smoother Path to Liquidity
Here we discuss two methods by which a vested option holder can exercise stock options without the n...
Financial Times: A Q&A with EquityZen’s Co-Founder
Phil Haslett, co-founder of EquityZen talks with the Financial Times about how equity rout in the te...
What is the Private Secondary Market?
A secondary market is one in which investors trade existing shares of a company. The proceeds from t...
Revisiting the Vesting Schedule
A look at the typical employee stock option vesting schedule and equity compensation considerations ...
TechCrunch: What is a 409-A?
Why tech companies might want a lower valuation and what this means for startup employees.
Benefits of Pre-IPO Liquidity for Employees: What to Know
As companies are staying private longer the need for pre-IPO liquidity has become increasingly impor...
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