<aside> 💡 Notion Tip: Hex uses this template to help new employees understand equity. They host regular sessions, link to articles and most impressive of all - they embed an interactive Hex app that models compensation at their fictional startup SpiceConnect.
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Equity is a big part of compensation at most startups, including our fictional startup SpiceConnect (for explanation see here). It's also very complicated, so we do everything we can to make sure current and prospective employees understand how it works and how best to manage it.
Collection: Early Employee - Compound Manual
Check out this excellent resource from Compound as a starting point to understand equity at a high level.
Early employees should consider early exercise
Cat Wu has a great writeup about the benefits of early exercise.
The Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation - Holloway
This Holloway Guide is also good, although it costs $25 (feel free to Expense it!)
We also host regular Equity 101 sessions with one of our Founders, explaining the ins and outs of equity and answering any questions people have.
You can also check in the #equity-qa channel on Slack to ask general questions, and search through previous discussions around equity.
↓ Paste your Hex.tech link and log in to link your Hex data app.
https://app.hex.tech/hex-public/app/85cb0f84-1d78-4184-b180-a83dce69e342/1/1713f68c-8612-4b6b-b10b-eef469508a20