Artificial Intelligence for Better Business Results
Startup equity is essentially ownership of a company expressed in shares of stock. Founders who incorporate their companies (likely in Delaware) without outside investors have 100% ownership on day one. You may have put in your own money along with your co-founders. You may have worked without compensation for some time, and your opportunity cost of…
How much is a share of your company worth to you? The market sets the value for public companies. Private companies, however, rely on independent appraisers. Hopefully, someday those stock options will be worth a boatload for you, your employees, and your investors. However, you need to set a basis for the company to issue…
You will need to incorporate your startup. This means that you will create the legal entity that will hire your employees, own any intellectual property created, and act as a counterpart to all customer and vendor interactions. This is the first step in creating your business. Types of Corporations A startup company or startup is…
Stock options allow employees to purchase shares at a fixed price. Many companies, startups, or private companies often include these options in compensation packages for potential employees. Stock options are not shares of stock. These options allow you to buy certain numbers of company shares at a fixed price. This is often called a grant, striking price, or exercise…
Product-led Growth (PLG) refers to software products that are open to end users and allow them to use it immediately. One example of a product that many people use daily that uses a PLG model is Slack. Also open source companies like End users can sign up for amazing products and then immediately begin using them. End…
Kubernetes adoption is still growing, with 96% of organizations using or evaluating Kubernetes. Despite this high adoption rate, there are some challenges to Kubernetes adoption, including a lack of in-house skills. Kubernetes is also becoming more embedded in other systems, so its adoption may not be as visible as it once was. Serverless computing is…
