Equity 101
Equity should be accessible to everyone.
It starts with knowledge.
Welcome to Equity 101: How Vested Works
Vested is a platform for managing your equity — from negotiating for equity compensation when you get a job to exercising stock options when you leave your company.
5 Things You Need to Know in Your Equity Offer
What is an ISO?
AMT Taxes, Credits, and Your Stock Options
Capital Gains and Your Stock Options
Learn the essentials of exercising your stock options
What Is a Cap Table?
A living record of every single share.
What Is a Transfer Restriction?
A speed bump for selling your private shares.
How to Sell Startup Stock Options
The first step is exercising.
What Is a Lock-Up Period?
Time to be strategic about exercising.
How to Sell Pre-IPO Shares on a Secondary Market
Like a dating app. But for your equity.
Exercising Stock Options When You Have Multiple Grants
This is when things start to get really interesting.
What Is a Tender Offer?
Tender offers usually last for at least 20 days.
What Is a Strike Price?
Strike gold or strike out?
5 Things You Need to Know in Your Equity Offer
How to kick the tires on your job offer.
The Key Difference Between Options and Shares
You have to pay to exercise stock options and convert them to shares.
Welcome to Equity 101: How Vested Works
You exercise now. Thank us later with some shares.
What is an ISO?
These can be high risk but hopefully high reward!
AMT Taxes, Credits, and Your Stock Options
If you exercise ISOs when your strike price and FMV are the same you could avoid AMT.
What is a 409A Valuation and How Does It Affect You?
This is one of the most important things you'll need to know.
When Do Your Stock Options Expire?
Make sure you read the fine print in your stock options grant agreement.
Capital Gains and Your Stock Options
Yoda says, "For long-term capital gains, optimize, you must."
What is an NSO?
These are the less tax-efficient cousin to ISOs.
When Should You Exercise Your Stock Options?
Chances are you have 90 days to exercise after you leave your company.
What are RSUs?
These are not stock options. No exercise required.