Equity and option grants
Frameworks for sizing option grants, refresh grants, and equity compensation
About equity compensation
- The definitive guide to equity compensation is Holloway’s guide to equity compensation.
- I have a post on compensation and equity
Sizing option grants
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This article presents a framework for valuing option grants and determining how many options to offer new hires and for refresh.
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There’s also this post from Paul Graham that describes a model from the founder perspective on how to value your options.
Refresh and promotion grants
- This article from Carta goes into detail about companies typically do refresh grants, and the different types of refresh grants: traditional and boxcar.