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The pitfalls of ESOP lifelines at startups

Before they started Udaan, a marketplace platform that facilitates trade between businesses, in 2016, the company’s three founders, Amod Malviya, Sujeet Kumar, and Vaibhav Gupta, had completed successful stints at…

ESOP for Founders

Who is eligible to receive ESOPs in India?

ESOPs are long term incentive schemes that are made available to certain employees as a gesture of faith and with a promise for outsized returns. While the employer can minimize…

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#LetsTalkESOP | ESOPs versus Phantom Stocks

In a webinar with MyStartupEquity, Siddarth Pai (Founding Partner & CFO of 3one4 Capital) spoke about the importance of equity grants (such as ESOPs) in startups. From a VC perspective,…

ESOP for Founders

#LetsTalkESOP | Designing an ESOP Policy

Did you think only tech startups have an ESOP policy? Think again! Here’s the story of Cloudnine Group – a hospital chain that has grown to be one of the…

ESOP for Founders

ESOP Accounting & Bookkeeping

There is a pandora of misconception around ESOP accounting treatment, the requirement of valuation reports and disclosure etc. across the startup ecosystem. Companies provide ESOPs to employees to buy the…

Offering ESOP - How much and at what stage?

ESOP for Founders

Offering ESOPs – Planning for every stage of growth

Employee ownership and shared capitalism as concepts are relatively new to India but have a strong impact on the startup ecosystem. Thanks to the benefits that ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership…

ESOP for Founders

How to rollout ESOPs in your startup: A step by step guide

As a startup founder, you start offering Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) to your important hires from day one. But many founders have little idea on how to formally start…

ESOP for Employees

Evaluating ESOPs: Questions that CXOs should ask

Nothing impacts the financial lifestyle of an employee more than owning equity in a successful start-up. Although most senior-level employees are offered stock options as a part of their overall…

ESOP for Founders

How do you create an ESOP pool?

No matter how big or small a startup is, a committed workforce is key. In the case of early-stage startups, employees bring in years of expertise, take a risk by…

Abhiraj Bhal - Surviving the downturn ESOPs

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Can ESOPs help startups survive the downturn?

Abhiraj Bhal, an IIT-K and IIM-A alumnus, is one of the three co-founders of UrbanCompany (previously UrbanClap). Founded in 2014, UrbanCompany, one of the largest home services platform, has grown…