How to give out shares and share options in your startup
Find out the best way to distribute equity to investors and your team, and the tax implications to consider.
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How to get back unallocated options when you sell your company
When you sell your company, if there are unallocated shares in your option pool, how do you make sure you get them back?...
Shares vs options: what’s the difference?
The important difference is that if someone owns shares, they are a shareholder immediately. With options, they have own...
Explore your options: why share options could work better than a cash bonus
Do share options make a better bonus than cash? Find out why an option scheme could be a better long-term and cash-smart...
6 min readSeedLegals vs Carta: which platform to choose for cap table, SEIS/EIS, funding and options
The days of painstakingly tracking equity allocation on a series of spreadsheets are over. In this post, we explore two...
6 min readShares… Growth Shares… EMI Options… Unapproved Options… Which is right for your team?
Shares… Growth Shares… EMI Options… Unapproved Options… it all sounds so complicated. But actua...
Share option pool: what it is and how to set it up
We explain what a share option pool is, how to set it up and how much equity to put aside for your UK share option pool....
Advisory shares: How much equity should you give your advisor?
Startups commonly give 1% equity to General Advisors paid only in equity, who work less than 2 days a month. Discover m...
409A valuation: what it is and when you need one
To give shares or options to your US taxpaying employees, you need to first establish the fair market value (FMV) of the...
Share Incentive Plans (SIPs) explained
We explain what share incentive plans are, how they work and how they’re different to share option schemes.
S431 and NIC tax elections: what are these forms for share option holders?
You might sign these tax elections if you run a company share option scheme or if you’re granted options. We explain wha...
When is the right time to set up an EMI option scheme?
How well developed does a startup need to be to consider an EMI scheme? Most founders understand the power of offering...
