Ms. Career Girl

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Arrival of Equity Crowdfunding. Happily, there is a new game in town: equity crowdfunding. Instead of seeking out one or two large investors for all of the money needed, entrepreneurs can now publicize their company over the Internet, and get small chunks of equity funding from numerous small investors. Equity crowdfunding is quite different to the “Kickstarter-style” crowdfunding that most people are more familiar with. How To Get Started With Equity Crowdfunding.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 31, 2020

The Private Equity Pitch to Employees. “In The “Private Equity Pitch” to Employees: More and more employees are finding their employers being purchased by Private Equity investors. That is the essence of the “Private Equity Pitch.”.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

After three generations of family ownership, during which the staff grew from two to 150, the grandchildren-owners received an inquiry from a Private Equity firm about their interest in possibly purchasing the company. Pretty soon, the Private Equity firm, their lawyers and their accountants began reviewing the company’s financial records, bank statements, leases, employment agreements, all as part of their “due diligence,” upon which their formal “offer” would be based.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The company owners are what is called “Private Equity,” and as almost all “Private Equity” owners, they are looking to grow revenue by 30% in 3 years, and sell the company in 3 to 5 years. Second, your husband should stress that he can more likely achieve – if not surpass – those lofty goals if he is “in the same boat” and motivated in the same way as are the Private Equity owners – by the significant rewards of an eventual sale.

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Workology

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This week we’re talking about Dorsey giving back 1%, valued at roughly $200 million, of his stock in the company to the employee equity pool. In keeping with his pattern of making important statements about Twitter on Twitter, he announced the move in two tweets: ⚡️ I'm giving ~1/3rd of my Twitter stock (exactly 1% of the company) to our employee equity pool to reinvest directly in our people. Business HR employee morale equity work perks

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Ms. Career Girl

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The post Why The Hell Should I Get Involved in Equity Crowdfunding? In this post she gives us the low down on equity crowd-funding, and talks about how in order to reap rewards, you have to first dive in! . But the good news is, thanks to the rising popularity of crowdfunding and most recently equity - based crowdfunding, all this doesn’t have to seem so remote, so abstract, so cold and so intimidating anymore. What is equity? So what is equity crowdfunding?

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The courts have a seven-factor test : To keep reading, click here: Illegal Internship: Two Years of Experience, No Salary, No Equity. The post Illegal Internship: Two Years of Experience, No Salary, No Equity appeared first on Evil HR Lady. Unpaid internships aren’t inherently wrong. But ones that require two years of experience and have a whole list of responsibilities for a for-profit firm are illegal.

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Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

When actress Jennifer Lawrence found out her male co-stars were earning more than her, she famously called out Hollywood for its lack of pay equity for actresses. So how does Lawrence’s situation and her reaction to it serve to educate HR Leaders about addressing pay equity? To keep reading, click here: What Can Jennifer Lawrence Teach HR Leaders About Pay Equity. The post What Can Jennifer Lawrence Teach HR Leaders About Pay Equity appeared first on Evil HR Lady.

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The HR Capitalist

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Salesforce just made a move to provide pay equity increases across its workforce to eliminate any and all gender pay issues, job by job. Well, if the analysis was full, complete and accurate - and we have no reason to believe it wasn't based on the reputation of Salesforce - it means they didn't have much of an issue with gender pay equity.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

ACTUAL “CASE HISTORIES ”: For many years I have counseled and negotiated on behalf of employees when their employers (a) are being purchased by Private Equity investors, (b) are owned by Private Equity investors, and (c) are being sold by Private Equity investors. I’ve also represented employees being recruited to work for Private Equity-owned employers, commonly referred to as Private Equity “Portfolio Companies.”.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Question : I was fascinated about your bright explanation of equity plans in your newsletter entitled “ Long Term Incentive Compensation: 10 Basic Concepts.” First, carefully review your Equity Plan, or have someone do so for you. The first step in your analysis of what happens to your equity is “What does the Equity Plan say, if anything, about this circumstance?” Usually what happens upon a sale of the company is covered in an Equity Plan, but not always.

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Imarticus Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

There are two ways in which you can procure credit financing for your company, one being an equity loan and the other, an investment loan. An equity loan is a means of bartering “x” amount of funding for shares, while an investment (business) loan provides you with finances that you are required to repay within a certain time frame. Equity Loans. Another line of credit financing is by having an equity partner come on board, sharing the profits of the company.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MAY 7, 2013

I am wondering if it is acceptable to ask for an equity stake, and if so, how to do so? Answer: Dear John: It is not very common for a prospective employee to ask a prospective employer for an equity stake right off the bat – without either “side” knowing the other all that well. Being an equity stake owner can also result in serious and long-term legal obligations and significant financial liabilities.

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The HR Capitalist

OCTOBER 3, 2016

True story - I was once on a business pitch and waked into a company that had been taken over by a multi-national private equity firm that shall remain nameless. Anyway, we went to the pitch and it was obvious that the private equity firm was making a lot of changes - many that needed to be made - on the people side. The private equity firm had the right idea related to meritocracy and many other people ideas.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

APRIL 27, 2011

Question: I am being made an offer from a company owned by a “Private Equity” firm. They have said the offer will include “equity” – which is new to me. Equity” refers to an ownership interest in a company. If the company is a corporation, the “equity” may be in stock, stock options, or other kinds of ownership interests. If the company is a limited liability company, the “equity” may be in membership units.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

JUNE 29, 2011

It will be his perception of your ability to help, or hurt, his commercial development of the new product that’s key to your request for further equity. This may be the basis for a request for additional equity: you’ve been advised that 10% means little, if anything, and may even constitute a step backward from being an employee. Going Out on Your Own Q & A Stock, Stock Options, "Equity

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 30, 2012

Question: My company (small, privately held) is in the process of being purchased by a “private equity” firm. Answer: Dear Brian: For three decades now I’ve seen many employees in your circumstances invest along with Private Equity purchasers of their employers. In my experience, Private Equity companies are interested in one thing, and one thing only: Return On Investment, or “ROI.” Trust me, the Private Equity owners will not tell you of these plans.

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The HR Capitalist

AUGUST 20, 2019

The gang covers: -- Shots fired in pay equity between the USA Women's National Soccer team and the US Soccer Federation, which have different talking points when comparing total comp of the USA Men's and USA Women's National Soccer Teams (3:19). -- A Iowa state Director of Human Services gets canned for broad use of 2Pac lyrics in his management style , which begs the gang to wonder aloud how much 2Pac is too much if you're trying to lead a department of public servants.

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Imarticus Learning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The present global economic expansion entered its tenth year in 2019, and with that, the global industry of private equity has still been able to find and make deals. Chinese Private Equity. The growth of fundraising is sustained in the first half of 2019 due to the closings of a few large growth equity funds. The importance of MM funds is declining in the larger market of Private Equity as they comprise only 56.6 Introduction.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I have been sent a pro forma from my CEO to send to the other business owner, and would like to negotiate an equity position for myself going forward. Should I ask for performance based incentives until we reach a certain mark where I could become an equity partner, or ask for a small position, say 1 – 10 %? If the new business was a baseball camp, and you had some good ideas about how to run it, but never ran a baseball camp, chances are you would get no equity.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

First, the people putting the deal together were part of a highly experienced and highly regarded Private Equity firm with a proven track record in automotive private equity businesses. It was “the Private Equity way of doing business.” When he and his colleagues went to the Private Equity owners of the company in dismay and anger, the response they received was icy cold: “Didn’t you have a lawyer read the agreement before you signed?” .

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Imarticus Learning

JANUARY 18, 2019

Private Equity is often hard to get into and means they have careers in the same field for an average of 25 to 30 years. The private equity skill-set can be effectively used in corporate finance and strategy with any company. Entrepreneurship is a choice: Private equity professionals turn out to be highly entrepreneurial as they continuously generate viable business ideas at some point most likely when they are at junior levels.

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Imarticus Learning

JUNE 17, 2019

Equity Asset Valuation by John Stowe. The post Which Are Some of The Good Books On Financial Analysis For The Purpose Of Equity Valuation? Pursuing a financial analysis course, currently working in the finance team of a firm or looking to make a career in the finance domain- it is important to gain complete knowledge of valuation and finance before working in the market.

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Imarticus Learning

JANUARY 24, 2019

How to start a private equity fund. Managers should follow these essential steps when launching a private equity fund. To get a clear picture of how to go about setting up a Private Equity Fund one needs to research well, have a great network of clients and proper knowledge. The post What Training or Experience is Needed To Start Private Equity Fund? Today most PE firms are mid-size or small enterprises with 2 to 100s of employees.

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Imarticus Learning

JANUARY 23, 2019

Youngsters and fresh graduates with an MBA are passionate about getting PE-Private Equity or VC-venture capital jobs. PE firms obtain their funds from HNIs with surplus cash and utilize it to acquire stakes of equity in companies that show promising returns. The post What Kind of Background and Training is Needed to Work in Private Equity? That’s a good goal to start with.

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Imarticus Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

With fifty percent of the 1.1billion population being youngsters, India was a primary target for private-equity firms and their investors in the early years of the century. But if you check, in 2017 with a $26 billion investment and over 60% growth, the private equity market of India is showing a stronger comeback. Combined, all these factors propelled private equity fundings to a new benchmark.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 2, 2021

This is especially the case where (a) you have signed a non-compete agreement, (b) you are asking to be reimbursed for your “losses” in leaving behind unvested equity awards, etc., (c) “A secret spoken finds wings.”. – Robert Jordan.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A unique and sophisticated model to gain significant protections to both your employment and your equity. Acquiring Job Offers and Offer Letters Monthly Newsletter Library Offer/"Welcome" Aboard Letters Private Equity Employment Stock, Stock Options, "Equity" Recent Posts“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.”. – Tom Waits.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 26, 2021

Remember last summer during the Black Lives Matters protests when so many companies announced their commitment to racial equity? I want to tell you about Authentic Diversity: How to Change the Workplace for Good , a book by diversity and inclusion expert Michelle Silverthorn , in which she explains how the “old rules” of diversity keep failing people of color and what employers must do if they’re truly committed to racial equity.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

APRIL 13, 2016

In “private equity” investments, the investment manager receives “carried interests” when the investment is completed, generally when the investment is sold. It is a variant of stock, stock options and other forms of “equity” awarded by traditional investment firms. Like “equity awards” in traditional investment firms, “carried interests” often vest over time. Basics Key Words & Phrases Private Equity Employment Stock, Stock Options, "Equity

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Ask a Manager

AUGUST 16, 2020

Internships and equity. I am struggling with all the questions of equity that arise around situations like this. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. Can I send an anonymous note to my wife’s job about her awful manager?

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 9, 2016

It is not easy because lawyers for business founders or owners – particularly “Private Equity” owners, almost always make it difficult, and intentionally so. Intellectual Property You Create: I have seen clients hired into companies with promises of equity that vest over time, provided they take a very low salary for a while. ” A unique and sophisticated model to gain significant protections to both your employment and your equity.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

JANUARY 6, 2016

Want to Ask for Equity from Private Equity or other Private Owners? Use our “Model Letter for Requesting Management Equity from Private Equity or Other Private Owners.” Might different classes of ownership – such as preferred stock shares, different classes of “membership units,” or other kinds of equity – be created to give one or other kinds of owners greater interests or more control? “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”.

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HR Capitalist

MARCH 25, 2011

How about this: "A home without equity is just a rental with debt". Michael Lewis is a great writer. Be a better HR Pro by reading his classics, which include Moneyball and The New, New Thing. His latest is The Big Short , which chronicles the Wall Street culture that led to the stock market crash of 2008. . As with most things business-related, the talent and HR quotes are everywhere in this book.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Key Words & Phrases Non-Compete's and Confidentiality Raise, Bonus, Compensation Repayment Obligations Specific Terms and Provisions Stock, Stock Options, "Equity" Wording and MeaningBe on the lookout for. Voluntary,” as in “Voluntary Departure,” “Voluntary Resignation” or “Voluntary Waiver”. You’re quite likely to find the word “voluntary” in several work-related legal documents. If you do notice it, that word may be very advantageous to you.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Basics Key Words & Phrases Misconduct and Bad Behavior Stock, Stock Options, "Equity" Yours (or Allegedly Yours What is the meaning of: “ Blackout Period ” ? In its most general sense, a “blackout period” is a period of time during which certain people are either prohibited, or limited, from engaging in a certain activity.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

JULY 26, 2013

It is most often used in relation to incentive compensation, equity compensation and deferred compensation Plans. Good Leavers are usually allowed to keep their unvested compensation or equity benefits, which can continue to vest over time. Bonus Key Words & Phrases Raise, Bonus, Compensation Stock, Stock Options, "Equity What is the meaning of: “GOOD LEAVER” ?

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Sklover Working Wisdom

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Before you do anything, you MUST carefully review your employer’s stock, stock option or equity plan to determine when you are scheduled to vest, and how you might possibly forfeit your unvested shares. Employee benefit plans are just chock full of rules and regulations that must be adhered to very carefully in order to safeguard your stock, stock options, or other forms of “equity.” Question: I am currently out on Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) to help my mother who is sick.

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Imarticus Learning

AUGUST 3, 2019

The term equity portfolio management is widely used to beat the equity market and is the implementation and planning of various methodologies, strategies, and philosophies. This clearly points out that equity analysis and its science are applied to EPM. The investment philosophy in equity portfolio management thus needs one to understand the universe of investments and select efficient instruments prudently. It relies on equity analysis and portfolio management.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

AUGUST 25, 2011

Equity ” – “Equity” is a rather broad concept. Equity may take many different forms, and have many different names. Equity can also be “certain” or “conditional” in nature. Some say equity grants to employees are meant primarily to encourage employees to “think and act more as owners, and less as employees.”. Incidentally, “equity” can be part of a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or any other legal form in which business is conducted.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

As is more fully explained below, your husband’s employer cannot “force” him to give up, or take, anything – even vested stock or stock options (often referred to as “equity”) – so the law is somewhat irrelevant in this respect. I can’t counsel you from afar, but if the equity plans say you keep your vested stock and stock options, and the severance agreement does not clearly say you lose them, you are on pretty solid ground, and probably are “OK.”

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Sklover Working Wisdom

OCTOBER 18, 2013

For more information, insight and inspiration regarding Stock, Stock Options and Equity at work, just [ click here.] . Acquiring Key Words & Phrases Stock, Stock Options, "Equity What is the meaning of: “CASHLESS EXERCISE” ? A simple definition of “cashless exercise” is “to purchase stock or exercise stock options without spending any money.”.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Rumor had it that a private equity firm might be interested in buying Charlene’s employer, and it was for this reason that a new, revised Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement was being required.). “I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.”. – Steven Wright. ACTUAL “CASE HISTORY ” : Charlene, a furniture designer, had been with her employer for seven years. She was happy in her job, was well-liked, and quite productive.

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