How much equity should be given to early employees?
What is the best way to distribute equity among a founding team?
What's the exact difference between unrestricted and restricted stock?
What do investors think about convertible notes?
In this presentation, Peter Stone, Counsel for Hopkins & Carley and Glenn McCrae, Chief Strategy Officer of Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) take an in-depth look at startup equity.
Topics covered include:
- What's included in equity -- and what's not
- How much equity to incent advisors with
- Anatomy of a capital structure
- Initial capital contributions
- Impact of seed stage on Series A
- Priced round vs unpriced round
- And more...
Presenters
Peter is Of Counsel in Hopkins & Carley’s Palo Alto office. He’s a member of the Corporate, Business Transactions and Tax group, representing startup and emerging growth companies and the individuals who are the executives, directors and shareholders of these companies. Peter functions as Outside General Counsel and assists with corporate formation, financing, and contracts that range from simple purchase and sale to complex strategic alliances.
Glenn McCrae is Chief Strategy Officer for Early Growth Financial Services, an outsourced financial services firm that provides accounting, CFO, strategic finance, tax, and valuation services and support to small to mid-sized businesses at every stage of the development process.