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Employee learning centre
Welcome to Carta! The following guides and videos offer an introduction to employee equity, so you can understand what your grant means and how it works.
Equity basics
Equity 101
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Learn how your grant works
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The Carta Team
Date:
January 2024
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Equity glossary
Carta's ever-growing glossary of financial and private equity terms will help you understand the jargon that frequently comes up in the industry.
Equity Education
February 2024
Share options
Share options are a powerful tool that can unite a team towards a long-term goal and allow you to hang on to top talent for longer.
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Educational Essentials
March 2024
Stock vesting
Vesting is used to encourage employees to stay longer at a company. Employees have to earn the right to own their shares over time. Learn about vesting schedules, cliffs and exercising share options.
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Educational Essentials
September 2024
Exercising stock options
Maximize your tax benefits and minimize risks by learning when and how to exercise stock options.
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Equity 101 video course
VIDEO COURSE
What is equity?
The short answer: Equity is partial ownership in a company. Walk through why owning equity in a private company can have seriously life-changing results.
VIDEO COURSE
How vesting works
Vesting usually means earning the right to actually own your equity. And that’s often a matter of time.
VIDEO COURSE
How to sell your shares
What are the different ways you can sell your shares in a private company, and what do you need to consider before you make that decision?
VIDEO COURSE
What is equity?
The short answer: Equity is partial ownership in a company. Walk through why owning equity in a private company can have seriously life-changing results.
How vesting works
Vesting usually means earning the right to actually own your equity. And that’s often a matter of time.
How to sell your shares
What are the different ways you can sell your shares in a private company, and what do you need to consider before you make that decision?
Types of equity
Share options
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Growth shares
Bons de souscription de parts de créateur d’entreprise (BSPCEs)
