{"id":2376,"date":"2022-12-19T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=2376"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:45:54","slug":"company-valuation","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/company-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to talk about your company\u2019s valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among startups receiving a new 409a valuation in Q3 2022, two-thirds were flat or down in valuation from the previous appraisal. The trend in falling 409a valuations has left many startup leaders needing to explain how employees&#8217; equity comp may be impacted. Navigating this conversation with your team can be difficult, and it\u2019s important to provide accurate, adequate information to employees \u2013 while still being mindful of company morale.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us on <strong>January 24th at 10am PT \/ 1pm ET<\/strong> for a leadership training in managing employee comms during turbulent times. A brief Q&amp;A session will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this session, you\u2019ll learn:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best practices for adequately and correctly contextualizing 409a valuations\u00a0 for employees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How a lower 409a valuation may present a silver lining for employees with equity awards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights into how other startups are reacting to trends in lower valuations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DISCLOSURE: This event is presented on behalf of eShares, Inc., dba Carta, Inc. (\u201cCarta\u201d). The content of this event is not, and no opinions or comments shared in this event should be treated or construed as, accounting, business, financial, investment, legal, tax, or other professional advice or services\u200b\u200b. This event is for information purposes only. The content of this event is not intended as a recommendation, offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. Carta does not assume any liability for reliance on the information provided herein and undertakes no obligation to update content. The opinions of the guests and host are their own and do not reflect the view of Carta or Carta&#8217;s affiliates. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners in the U.S. and other countries, and are used for identification purposes only. Use of these names, logos, and brands does not imply affiliation or endorsement. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among startups receiving a new 409a valuation in Q3 2022, two-thirds were flat or down in valuation from the previous appraisal. The trend in falling 409a valuations has left many startup leaders needing to explain how employees&#8217; equity comp may be impacted. Navigating this conversation with your team can be difficult, and it\u2019s important to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":2377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[9],"mec_speaker":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/2376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=2376"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=2376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}