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Equity Types and Details

Employee equity overview: common stock, options and RSUs

In this guide, we’ll walk you through each type of equity that’s commonly granted to employees at various stages of a private company: Common Stock, options, and Restricted Stock Units (aka RSUs).

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What are SAFEs and convertible notes, and how do they differ?

SAFEs and Convertible Notes are very similar in both process and function. But, they have a couple key differences that are worth knowing about. Learn about what SAFEs and Notes are, and how they differ.

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Equity Types and Details

Incorporation overview

Starting a company can be exciting, but the sheer amount of administrative and legal things you have to do at the outset can be a hassle. In this post you will find tips to make the process as pain-free as possible

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Table of Contents

Company Formation

How to incorporate, handle IP, structure your cap table and equity, implement important processes early, and think things like 83(b) elections.

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Building Data Driven Orgs

Incorporation overview

What are 83(b) Elections and why are they really important?

Financings

Basics of and timelines for raising equity, pros and cons of different types like SAFEs and notes, and how to think about term sheets.

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Data Team Strategy

SAFEs vs. equity: pros and cons

What are SAFEs and convertible notes, and how do they differ?

Equity financing overview – timeline, process, and documents

SAFE financing overview – timelines, process & docs

Operations

How to be compliant with California's Pay Transparency law via pay disclosure and reporting.

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Types of Work Your Data Team Does

California Pay Transparency

Employee Equity

Different types of employee equity, vesting schedules and acceleration, and early exercise.

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Data Quality

Employee equity overview: common stock, options and RSUs

Vesting and acceleration explained

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