Spark the Talent Fire: Exploring Stock Options

Having Employee Stock Ownership Programs (ESOP) in place is not only nice, but crucial when building a tech heavy business. In fact, it is an expectation from both employees and investors and hence an important component when recruiting, motivating and retaining top talent.

The challenge is that this is a complex domain and many factors need to be considered.  There may be uncertainty as to how this affects both existing owners, the company and employees, how ESOP affect the cap table, tax, cost, risk, fundraising and follow-up needs. Not being aware of the pitfalls and hence making wrong decisions can have unwanted consequences in the log run.

In this session we will go through the fundamentals of Employee Stock Ownership Programs and give you high value tips and tricks on how to succeed when implementing this in your company.

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