Payments, Salaries and Team Building at Startups

Does this change across the funding life cycle (e.g., from seed to series X)? "Let me answer a different way, it’s more about what you should g... (2018)

Wall Street Journal, 2017: “Proponents tout the benefits of sharing pay information across an organization. But for most companies, the costs outw... (2017)

My rough rules are: In the very early days, the CEO should be one of the worst paid. Until you have material revenues and/or funding, the CEO shou... (2018)

If you were making a list of things that could go wrong on an seed, angel, or Series A investment, you would have to put the co-founder relationshi... (2018)

Research and compare average salaries. Free October 2018 salary information matched to your exact job profile. Find out what you are worth. (2018)

Atlas’ guide to the legalities of employing people in your online business. (2018)

I have been listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s new book, Skin In The Game, in audiobook form while driving around LA this past week. I’ve always ... (2018)

"Imagine that you are a great sales person who knows you can sell $10M worth of product in a year. Company A pays commissions and, if you do what y... (2017)

The CEO/leadership team needs to make up its mind about what it is they want most because they can’t have it all. This is really key and can’t be i... (2015)

Summer is quickly approaching, and so is the time for summer internship programs that college students rely on to gain valuable professional experi... (2017)

Today we’re introducing Buffer’s Salary Formula 3.0 - a fresh, remote-first approach to our salaries. See the new formula, our salaries, and the ca... (2017)

Mr. Musk agreed to stay as chief executive for 10 years, with compensation tied to $50 billion leaps in Tesla’s valuation. Otherwise, he makes zero. (2018)

There was a recent tweet that asked people to share their salary as a means of helping others, so I'll do that. I don't think it's enough, however1... (2019)

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review VC's have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employ... (2019)