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ESOP Accounting for Indian startups using the Graded Vesting method

Companies that follow Accounting Standards may choose either graded vesting method or straight-line method for option valuation for bookkeeping ESOP expenses. But, companies that follow Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)…

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LetsVenture’s Founders First

LetsVenture’s Founders First is an online event focused on enabling interactive and hands-on conversations between founders and operators. We’ve divided the day into three separate tracks because we get that it…

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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 | 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…

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ESOP Accounting & Bookkeeping

There is a pandora of misconceptions around ESOP accounting treatment, the requirement of valuation reports and disclosure, etc. across the startup ecosystem. The ESOP component is offered over and above…

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…

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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 running…

ESOP for Employees

Evaluating ESOPs: Questions that CXOs should ask

Although most senior-level employees are offered stock options as a part of their overall compensation when they join startups, they don’t really know how to evaluate the equity portion of…

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How do you create an ESOP pool?

In the case of early-stage startups, employees bring in years of expertise, take a risk by joining the company at a stage where it has not found product-market fit, and…

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#LetsTalkESOP | Value of Startup ESOPs in Unprecedented Times

By Ganesh Nayak, Director, LetsVenture Re-energizing entrepreneurial spirit in the face of adversity with ESOPs The current crisis that companies are facing is unprecedented and has created tremendous pressure on…