A look at the decision of whether or not to exercise your stock options. Touches on the typical reasons you would exercise your options, early exercise plans, and key questions to answer to determine if you should exercise your options.
How are options granted and priced? Get an understanding of the documents required to grant stock options and how prices of stock options are determined (both pre- and post-409A regulations).
A few reasons why all employees (including founders) should be on vesting agreements. An overview of standard vesting schedules and practices. Also delves into the two most common types of acceleration: ‘single-trigger’ and ‘double-trigger’ acceleration.
An important building block for understanding startup stock options is understanding the differences between Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) and NonIncentive Stock Options (NSOs). This post looks at the tax implications of both types of options as well as the situations when you might receive (or use) one or the other.
