Tag Archives: stock option plan

Straight Talk on Sec. 409A Valuations: How To Get It Right The First Time

Do you still fondly remember the old days when boards of directors could easily set the stock option price for privately-held companies? Well, those days are gone, ever since the introduction of Section 409A of the tax code with its … More

Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

2011 NCEO Private Company Equity Compensation Survey

The key results of the NCEO’s survey on the equity grants and compensation practices for private companies. Continue reading More

Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Accurate Capitalization Tables: Five Documents to Review

Here are the five types of documents you need to review to confirm that your ownership data and related capitalization tables are 100% accurate. Continue reading More

Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Add the Latest Web Tools to your Stock Plan Administration Toolkit

In my previous blog post, I answered the question, “Should You Add New Web Tools to Your Stock Plan Administration Toolkit?” with a resounding “yes!”. So right about now you’re probably asking, “Well, Jeremy, what are these web tools, exactly?” … More

Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Should You Add New Web Tools to Your Stock Plan Administration Toolkit?

Most of us already incorporate the new generation of Web tools into our daily lives. I’m talking about everything from Linking In to Facebooking to Tweeting to watching videos on YouTube to replying to poll questions. In fact, you’re using … More

Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Are You Ready for Action When Your CFO Clients Call?

An outsourced CFO called me the other day. He said he’d heard about how easy it was do to FAS 123R equity compensation accounting in Corporate Focus?and he was anxious to get started. His high-tech client was actually being sold … More

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Can Law Firms Really Simplify FAS 123R Reporting for CFO Clients? Think One Shared System.

Corporations depend on their CFOs to report “the numbers” each period. But what happens when these numbers are based on data that’s being tracked at the company’s law firm instead of internally? When a company is initially formed, all of the … More

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Funding and Innovation: Is the Chain Broken?

I recently attended an event at the MIT Media Lab sponsored by TheFunded.com, a social networking website geared toward CEOs and founders of start-upcompanies who want to share war stories of trying to get VC or angel seed funding. 150 CEOs … More

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment