For Founders & Professionals

Eqvista is a highly advanced equity management software that helps shareholders, investors, and companies in managing and tracking the shares. With the help of our app, owners can make smarter decisions for their company’s capital and equity. The software helps you handle all the transactions from the seed-stage to the pre-IPO stage where all the … Continued

Being a founder can be fun, but there are a lot of responsibilities that come with it. From running the daily operations to managing staff, things can add up pretty quickly. In addition to these things, it’s important that you setup the share structure of the company properly, starting with the founder’s stock. The founder’s … Continued

From the last knowledge-based article, you may know what a founder’s stock is. But do you know how many authorized shares you can have in your Articles of Incorporation? Read to find out! Understanding Authorized Shares Let’s begin with understanding what authorized shares are. This is important as you will have to decide as a … Continued

With the incorporation of your company and plans to start operations, you may be considering how to divide up the ownership of the business. There are many factors that go into who, how much, and when to allocate stock to the founder and other early team members. These all play an important role in figuring … Continued

Thinking to issue shares to the founders in your company but not sure if it is important for you to do it now? Well, there are a lot of reasons to issue shares to the founders, with the main reason being a founder is the one who works hard to make the company grow. Keep … Continued

Are you all set on issuing shares among the founders, but not sure on the best plan for this? If so, it may be time to implement a vesting schedule on your founder’s stock to start off on the right footing. Read on to learn about founder vesting. What is Founder Vesting? Founder vesting is … Continued

Once you have decided on how to split the equity and adding a vesting schedule for the founder’s stock, it is time for you to decide if you need a founder shareholder agreement or not. Founder shareholder agreements can help set the considerations and terms of the shareholders in the company. Keep reading this knowledge-based article … Continued

With all clear on how to distribute the shares amongst the founders in the company, it is time to move ahead and talk about the taxes you will need to pay for what you own. In this case, you need to know all about the section 83(b) election. Keep reading to know more! What is … Continued

Retaining your employees is very important for the long-term health and success of your business. Company managers agree that keeping the best employees in the company ensures increased product sales, customer satisfaction, organizational knowledge and learning, effective succession planning along with happy and satisfied coworkers.  So be sure to explore these useful practices to retain … Continued

Worried that you will lose control over your company by offering shares to new investors as you grow your company? Founders often struggle with this issue of share dilution on their ownership. That is where super-voting common stock for founders can help. The main idea behind this can be interesting for founders who are concerned … Continued