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Articles

• 2013.05.22 - Wizards of the Coast, Equity Distributions: Part 2

• Alsop-Louie Partners - A Tale Of Four Founders – And Four Companies (re: the Justin.tv mafia)

  • That culture remains unique in my now-16 years of experience as a venture capitalist: The four co-founders each owned exactly the same number of shares and for the next four years did not make a single decision without gaining the approval of all four founders, including the ultimate decision to break the group into separate companies during 2011.

• 2016.05.09 - Zach Holman - The New 10-Year Vesting Schedule

  • Companies still hire with a four year vesting schedule, but the whole damn thing is a lie — in practice, people are going to be stuck at a company for much longer than four years if they want to retain the stock they’ve earned. (...) employees can’t leave Uber without either forfeiting a fortune in unexercised stock, or paying a massive tax bill on imaginary, illiquid stock.

• 2017.10.31 - Twitter - Patrick McKenzie - Tweetstorm on what you need to know about equity