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Blog postIt’s not uncommon for a startup founder to wear many different hats. A CTO, for instance, might code a new app and respond to customer service emails and fix bugs. These activities require different skills and some of the tasks appear to be more important. Sometimes, teams want to assign different pay rates to different tasks. Why not pay $50/hour for app coding and $20/hour for customer service? The answer is that it’s neither fair nor practical and here is why:
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Blog postMatt Rossetti, who has done hundreds of Slicing Pie consultations, was recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer. Congratulation Matt!
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Blog postWe’ve all heard it: “life isn’t fair.” A phrase that rarely provides any comfort at the time it is heard, its real meaning is that you won’t always get what you want. People often want what they don’t deserve, especially when they think they can get away with it.
Traditional equity splits are basically a means for people to justify getting what they don’t deserve. In fact, traditional splits are so good at getting people what they don’t deserve, many people actually believe that they -
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Blog postOne of the most common misconceptions about startups deals with the basic definition of profits:
Profits = Revenue – Expenses
Pretty straightforward—right?
But, here is the problem: many people make some fundamental mistakes about what constitutes revenue and expenses. Mistakes are understandable, not everyone has studied accounting. I, myself, have never studied electrical engineering and only have a vague understanding of the difference between an amp and a volt. Som -
Blog postI published a sample Slicing Pie offer letter a few years ago and it has been a very popular download. Last week I took another look at it and made some updates. The key is to make it clear that the participant is being offered a position with an agreed-upon fair market salary, but that no actual salary payments are being promised or implied and that Slicing Pie will be used for the equity split. It’s also good to cover basic expectations with regard to responsibilities, work product and time
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Blog postI’ve started work on a new book, called Slicing Pie À La Mode, which will cover a number of topics related to Slicing Pie in more depth including:
Consulting Companies Real Estate Deals Bonus Programs Incubators and Accelerators (“Nested” Pies) Company Polices I’d like your input with regard to other topics I should be sure to include. Your ideas are welcome!
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Blog postBad equity agreements are extremely common. The prevailing wisdom—worldwide—about how equity is split is virtually guaranteed to cause problems. I take calls and get emails literally every day from people trying to figure out a fair split within the flawed logic of conventional wisdom.
What’s really scary is that the conventional wisdom is perpetuated by smart, well-meaning, experienced people who, at their core, think they are providing good advice. The good news is that there is a f -
Blog postThere is more than one way to make a Pie from a legal standpoint, the big issues relate to how shares are actually issued in a way to avoid unnecessary taxes. All equity-split models create more or less tax exposure depending on how the deal is executed. In some cases, the final split can be adjusted upon termination of the Pie even if shares have already been issued.
For instance, a team may have issued each founder a fixed number of shares at the outset of the venture and would like -
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Blog postFairness is a central element of human morality, but it is also an instinct of our primate brethren. An attendee of a Slicing Pie event in Seattle brought this to my attention (thanks Jim!) by sharing a fascinating video of how monkeys behave when they sense unfairness.
In my experience, humans also have an innate sense of what is fair and unfair. This monkey-brain sense is often suppressed by our human-brain rationalization. When it comes to unfair traditional equity splits, people t -
Blog postSlicing Pie seminars and workshops are a great way to learn about the power of dynamic equity splits and how to treat everyone in your startup fairly. We are pleased to announce the following US public speaking events:
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