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How Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Companies Can Revolutionize Employee Compensation with Restricted

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20218 min read

How Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Companies Can Revolutionize Employee Compensation with Restricted

RTUs are similar to RSUs, only tokens are issued upon a liquidity event instead of stocks. RSUs have a strong legal backing in 70+ countries

How to Build a Community by Sharing Your Company

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20213 min read

How to Build a Community by Sharing Your Company

We believe that a motivated community can be a key driver of a company’s development. Reward your biggest fans with a future stake in the co

Achieving A More Equitable World With Worker Equity: Our vision for 30% worker-ownership by 2030

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20213 min read

Achieving A More Equitable World With Worker Equity: Our vision for 30% worker-ownership by 2030

The promise of “stakeholder capitalism” is once again gaining steam especially in the area of worker equity.

Good Equity vs. Bad Equity: Why Not All Equity-Based Compensation Plans Are Created Equal

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20215 min read

Good Equity vs. Bad Equity: Why Not All Equity-Based Compensation Plans Are Created Equal

The most important objective of equity-based compensation is alignment. When workers are given a stake in the company’s success. . .

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20213 min read

COVID and online legal solutions

One of these seemingly pandemic-resilient sectors is the legal industry which, despite not being badly affected by the lockdowns . . .

What is a 409A valuation & do I need one for RSUs?

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20216 min read

What is a 409A valuation & do I need one for RSUs?

If you are using RSUs with double trigger vesting, you won’t have to do 409As after granting RSUs.

The rise of standardized legal agreements

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20214 min read

The rise of standardized legal agreements

(Upstock, SAFE, FAST, etc) The legal world is often slow to change, meanwhile, technology continues to improve faster than legislation...

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20213 min read

Remote Teams That Actually Work

A top-shelf equity system can provide your leadership team with a powerful alignment tool that effectively communicates to your workers,...

How to get results with double trigger vesting

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20212 min read

How to get results with double trigger vesting

Double trigger vesting allows workers and companies to time the taxation of stock grants to a liquidity event. This avoids a huge tax bill

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20215 min read

A New Way to Issue Equity

It turned out that the best equity system that Silicon Valley had to offer was very difficult to understand.

Employee Equity 101: An Entrepreneur’s Guide

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20217 min read

Employee Equity 101: An Entrepreneur’s Guide

It’s important to remember the ultimate goal of equity: Giving workers skin in the game to help the company succeed long term, as well as...

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20215 min read

Stock options aren’t the only option

Stock options are as ubiquitous as ping pong tables in the startup world. Many founders and employees probably don’t even question the type

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20215 min read

What is Upstock?

Upstock was founded on a core belief: collaborative teams build successful companies.

Employee Equity Systems Are Fundamentally Broken

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20214 min read

Employee Equity Systems Are Fundamentally Broken

Most employees want stock options. In and out of the tech world, stock is an essential part of an employee’s overall compensation plan....

Is Your Employee Stock Plan Old and Out of Touch?

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20213 min read

Is Your Employee Stock Plan Old and Out of Touch?

Over the last century or so, almost everything about the way we do business has changed, with few exceptions. Technology has given us...

Equity: The Secret Tool to Accelerate Your Company's Growth

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20215 min read

Equity: The Secret Tool to Accelerate Your Company's Growth

Team Members need to believe that if the company succeeds, they will also succeed. Equity allows founders and team members to build somethin

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) are the best worker equity

Casey Fenton

Nov 5, 20214 min read

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) are the best worker equity

There are many types of equity that can be given to employees, and the best companies (Google, Microsoft, etc.) are no longer giving stock o

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