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RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-22-2024 23:58
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Hi, Cheryl! No problem, happy to answer still - great question! And I'll be honest, there are really only two options. The first is probably the harder option, because it involves hiring lawyers that can bridge the gap between the US and Ecuador. That really means finding and hiring a lawyer in Ecuador ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-21-2024 08:27
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Congratulations! I hope your exit talks go smoothly and you get what you want out of it. But to start, I want to clarify something. You've actually mixed up two concepts, and they're different enough that I need to nitpick before I go further. You've said that you want to early exercise so that people ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 10:30
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Well, that will about do it! Thank you to all who participated for the great questions. I hope I was able to provide you some perspective into the international equity process. If you want to learn more about Easop and how we can help make international equity easier for your company, then feel free ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 10:27
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First off, I'm sorry you're going through this. It can definitely be a tough thing to incentivize employees when you're upside down. But you're on the right track thinking about a repricing. Let me see if I can break this down for you: Typically, repricing happens by either reducing the strike price ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 10:22
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There's nothing that says you're required to follow the 1 year cliff / 4 year vesting schedule that most scale ups use. That's just an industry standard. So if you're comfortable, change away! That said, from a practical perspective, you should be aware that any policy-level changes could benefit new ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 10:17
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Yes the type of equity matters. Generally, it can be influenced by several factors such as the type of work relationship you have with the person (employee, employee via EoR, contractor). RSAs often make sense if you are not in a position to benefit from the 50% tax reduction I mentioned. Another ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 10:12
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Thanks so much! Happy to help ------------------------------ Valentin Haarscher CEO & Co-Founder Easop ------------------------------

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 10:08
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Great one! Here's what I see: 409A valuations. This is the fair market value of your company, as evaluated by a third party. And for any company that either issues equity or is considering doing so, the fact is that most early stage startups don't take a serious enough look at their valuation early on. ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:57
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Sorry to break your heart, but I have to tell you what you don't want to hear … The laws are based on the place where the person receiving the shares is living. So if you have an employee in Portugal, you'll need to make sure that the shares you're providing to them are aligned with Portuguese law (same ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:50
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Great question! It's something we've heard from a few people, and we'd love to provide this service, especially in places where the documentation has to be in a particular language (those are limited though, fortunately). That said, in all transparency, it isn't the most urgent item on our roadmap.We ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:43
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Not at the time of issuance itself. However, there are some tax benefits that may be available at the time of exercise of the options (such as a 50% tax reduction) so long we're talking about an employee (not a contractor/advisor). To be more specific regarding the 50% tax reduction: The grantee may ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:34
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Unfortunately, there are no standard rules/regulations across EU countries. Each country has their own set of rules and/or exemptions. ------------------------------ Valentin Haarscher CEO & Co-Founder Easop ------------------------------

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:26
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It can be tricky to simulate the conversion of multiple SAFE notes and get a proper understanding of the company's valuation, the company's latest price per share or one's ownership percentage. At Easop, we always advise our clients to aim for the highest level of transparency when it comes to communicating ...

RE: Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:09
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It's a complicated topic, and it involves a lot of questions around how vested the employee's stock options are and what you, as the employer, are willing and able to provide. For instance, you might be able to waive the cliff (most vesting schedules start with a 1 year "cliff" that you have to pass ...

Come Ask Your Questions To Me (Valentin) And The Easop Team!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-20-2024 09:00
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Hi, Carta Community! I'm Valentin (you can call me Val) and I'm the CEO and Co-founder of Easop. Easop does one thing really well - we make it easy to issue and approve compliant stock option grants to international employees. When you want to issue an options grant to your employee in, say, Poland, ...

RE: Join our AMA event with Valentin Haarscher from Easop!

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 02-15-2024 00:20
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Thanks, Brent! I'm really looking forward to answering everyone's burning equity questions. Look forward to hearing from you all soon! ------------------------------ Valentin Haarscher Co-founder & CEO Easop New York ------------------------------

RE: Issues option grants without a 409a valuation

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 01-08-2024 09:30
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Agreed with you @Chris Hoffmann Other circumstances in which you could see founders use a 'board determined' FMV is when all equity holders are based outside of the US (so founders may think "why bother with a 409A, which is a US requirement"). ------------------------------ Valentin Haarscher Co-founder ...

How to nail your Equity Compensation Strategy?

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 11-28-2023 06:14
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Hello Community! Last chance to register HERE to today's webinar (or the recording of it) about Equity Compensation Strategy with Kyle Holm (Sequoia) and Easop's cofounders Naël El Berkani and Valentin Haarscher 🔥 Can also get the recording HERE of our last webinar on How to grant equity to ...

How to nail your Equity Compensation Strategy?

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 11-28-2023 06:14
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Hello Community! Last chance to register HERE to today's webinar (or the recording of it) about Equity Compensation Strategy with Kyle Holm (Sequoia) and Easop's cofounders Naël El Berkani and Valentin Haarscher 🔥 Can also get the recording HERE of our last webinar on How to grant equity to ...

RE: Granting equity to international employees - webinar recording from last week with Carta, Remote & Easop

Posted By Valentin Haarscher 11-21-2023 09:17
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Hey Heather, You can find the replay in on our new Webinar page : https://www.easop.com/webinars Hope you'll like it! Don't hesitate to reach out directly if you have questions or remarks (valentin@easop.com) or on LinkedIn. Best, Val ------------------------------ Valentin Haarscher Co-founder ...