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Difference between ESOPs & Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)

Stock Appreciation Rights or SARs are picking up momentum in India. You would have recently read about the serial entrepreneur Jiten Gupta’s startup Jupiter Money adopting Stock Appreciation Rights for…

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ESOP Terms 101: The MUST Know Terms for Every Founder

Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs) are a novel way of compensating employees. They are highly suitable for a startup that prefers to conserve cash but rewards its employees well. That…

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10 Commonly Asked Questions About Sweat Equity, Answered

A company’s human resources are undoubtedly its most valuable asset; especially in its early stage when the company or the startup needs to build trust among its employees. But what…

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Three Factors That Make Employee Equity a Good Compensation Tool During These Uncertain Times

According to Forbes Magazine, the year 2020 saw one of the highest unemployment rates in the past 100 years (14.7%) and one of the sharpest falls in quarterly real GDP…

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ESOP pool – How Much Equity Should Be Diluted?

Ritesh Banglani, Founder of Stellaris Venture Partners, says, Ruchi Deepak, Co-founder of Acko Insurance, continues A bold view and not one that you will find a lot of founders articulating…

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Who is Eligible to Receive ESOPs in India?

ESOPs are long-term incentive schemes made available to certain employees as a gesture of faith and with a promise for outsized returns. While the employer can minimize attrition, the employee…

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ESOP Accounting & Bookkeeping

There is a pandora of misconceptions around ESOP accounting treatment, the requirement of valuation reports and disclosure, etc., across the startup ecosystem. The ESOP component is offered over and above…

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ESOPs – How to Plan for Every Stage of Growth

Employee ownership and shared capitalism as concepts are relatively new to India but strongly impact the startup ecosystem. Thanks to the benefits that ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) bring to…

What are Employee Stock Options?

Employees with ESOPs, therefore, become potential shareholders of the company. As per the stipulated time frame defined in their ESOP scheme document, employees can buy the shares once provided to…

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A Guide to Implementing ESOPs in Your Startup

As a startup founder, you start offering Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) to your important hires from day one. But, many founders have little idea how to formally start running ESOPs…