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RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 11:04
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Ok, thanks for the questions everyone. We're always posting new data and content on Carta's blog and the Carta Classroom. If you'd like to learn more about Carta Total Compensation, you can start here. Have a great day! ------------------------------ Josh Steinfeld ------------------------- ...

RE: Compensation Surveys and other related matters

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:54
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There's definitely a pretty wide range of practice when it comes to pay transparency. Depending on where you have employees or our hiring you may already be required to publish pay ranges in your job postings. A lot of job seekers expect to see pay ranges regardless of any legal requirements. But internally, ...

RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:50
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I should add that my colleague Kevin Dowd just published a great piece on the changing nature of equity comp. ------------------------------ Josh Steinfeld ------------------------------

RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:48
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The most striking trend that we've seen over the last year or so has been the reduction in the size of equity grants that companies are giving new hires. Lots of companies were going way outside of their typical grant ranges to bring in talent during 2021 and much of 2022. But at VC funding dried up ...

RE: Compensation Surveys and other related matters

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:41
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Hi Patrick - I'm not sure there are any free sources of data that are going to give you the granularity that you're looking for. I will say that a 4% increase in the US is a reasonable starting point, but an actual increase that an employee receives will depend on their performance and position against ...

RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:31
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We just published a great article with some best practices and data around refresh grants. You can check it out here. ------------------------------ Josh Steinfeld ------------------------------

RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:22
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For pre-seed companies, the median advisor grant is about 0.25%. The 90th percentile is 1.00% so we do see a pretty wide range based on the factors you describe. ------------------------------ Josh Steinfeld ------------------------------

RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:15
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Good question. To be honest I'm more familiar with this type of model for pure sales roles vs. a Founder. I'd actually point back to my first answer. There are benchmarks around how much a Founder is to be paid, but you can then structure that level of comp in a way that works for both the Founder and ...

RE: Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:13
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No worries Daniel...I'll answer them wherever I can find them! To your question we do see Founders taking salaries, though they are typically below what a hired CEO would be paid (especially early on). In talking to investors, you can make this a data driven conversation. There are benchmarks for ...

Ask Me Anything - Compensation

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-25-2024 10:03
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Hi everyone, I'm Josh Steinfeld and I lead product strategy for Carta Total Compensation (CTC). CTC is Carta's compensation benchmarking and communications tool for startups. Our salary and equity benchmarks are built off of the largest private market data set and give us unique insight into the compensation ...

My upcoming event!

Posted By Josh Steinfeld 04-23-2024 08:46
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Have any burning questions about compensation? Wondering about the latest trends or emerging practices? Just want to nerd out about data? Well, good news! I'll be hosting an AMA in our Carta Compensation Community this Thursday at 10am PT. Click on the image below for more info and to add this to your ...