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Jan 30
3 min

Is Your Employee Stock Plan Old and Out of Touch?

Over the last century or so, almost everything about the way we do business has changed, with few exceptions. Technology has given us eff...

Casey Fenton

Sep 6, 2019
7 min

Employee Equity 101: An Entrepreneur’s Guide

Employee Equity Essentials When you’re considering issuing equity to your team, it can feel at first like there is a steep learning curve...

Casey Fenton

Sep 6, 2019
5 min

Equity: The Secret Tool to Accelerate Your Company's Growth

Accelerate your company’s growth, make people happy, and win at life with Equity Most of the world’s leaders have already discovered that...

Casey Fenton

Sep 6, 2019
5 min

Stock options aren’t the only option

A Brief History of Employee Equity Stock options are as ubiquitous as ping pong tables in the startup world. Many founders and employees ...

Casey Fenton

Sep 6, 2019
4 min

Employee Equity Systems Are Fundamentally Broken

Most employees want stock options. In and out of the tech world, the stock is an essential part of an employee’s overall compensation pla...

Casey Fenton

Aug 17, 2019
5 min

Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s): the best employee equity

Founders don’t let founders choose stock options; I joke every so often. Many people don’t realize how many types of equity there are to ...

Casey Fenton

Aug 2, 2019
5 min

What is Upstock?

Upstock was founded on a core belief: collaborative teams build successful companies. Collaboration arises, in part, when each worker bel...

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