A tender offer is a structured, company-sponsored liquidity event that typically allows multiple sellers to tender their shares either to an investor or back to the company. In other words, it’s a potential way for you to sell some of your shares while your company is still private. Learn more.
Here’s what you need to know and prepare for if you exercised and/or sold stock options this year.
You can’t compare job offers with public equity vs private equity apples to apples. Learn how to think about and compare them.
Learn the basics of equity, how to distribute equity to early employees, and what a cap table is.
As an investor, an important decision is determining how to structure your fund. One way is through a “special purpose vehicle” or SPV.
When a private company exits, who gets paid what (and when) is primarily dictated by the following liquidation rights and preferences.
Here is a guide to help you understand some terms and phrases that frequently come up in relation to equity.
Received stock options from your company and don’t understand what that means? Here’s how to make sense of your offer letter and option grant.
What determines a stock option strike price? Learn more about strike prices, how stock options gain value over time, and dilution.
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