Startup Equity Matters

In this episode, Chris Hoffmann, founder of Equity Admin Co. teams up with Jason Atkins and goes full on about managing cap tables. They share their best practices in ensuring that cap tables are in top shape, especially for future VC investments.

In this episode, Jason Atkins goes into the employee side of equity in startups. The focus is on helping team members understand their equity, what they own, its worth, and the potential tax implications.

Developa founder, Beth Nevins shares her insights and strategies on building teams and  the role of equity in retaining top talent and fostering innovation.

Jason Atkins, co-founder and president of Cake Equity highlights the tools and other templates found in Cake’s Equity Toolkit that can be used to save a lot of time and resources for founders.

Kindr founder and CEO, Jaime Zaporzan discusses impactful equity and building startups with a focus on compassion and effective communication.

From being named Young Australian of the Year to investing in female-led startups, Doone Roisin shares her startup journey in this episode. 

Adam Spector from Levy talks about efficient equity management for startups. By outsourcing non-core operations, founders can focus on building great companies.

Kate O’Keeffe shared how testing and learning products or services real-time with real people help founders launch their go-to-markets faster.

Alastair Blenkin of ProcurePro shares his secrets to receiving an exceptional reception to raise documents that could be the key to a strong business foundation and operational excellence to secure funding.

In this episode, Jason Atkins and Index co-founder, Christian Iacullo discuss product market fit and his experience with Canva’s secondaries.

In this episode, Jason is joined by Ryan, General Partner at Antler, an early-stage global investor. They discuss Antler's mission to unlock innovation by working with founders at the earliest stages and building a community. Learn about Antler's story and its impact on the funding landscape.

In this episode, Jason interviews KJ Royal, who shares his journey of building and selling a company with his wife and now leading RevScale.ai, an AI revenue scaler. KJ discusses his passion for no code, AI, and helping founders keep more of their equity.

We delved into the nuances of fundraising, the power of debt financing, and the need for founders to prioritize their financial well-being to drive business growth effectively. Rhonda's expertise for empowering founders shone as we explored the intersection of personal and business finance.

This episode breaks down the release of Cake's Report: The State of Aussie Startup Employee Equity 2024, which provides insights for founders and leaders on how to attract and retain great teams through equity.

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Leah Bowes joins the conversation to explore the concept of “innovation for good” and how startups can use their capital to create positive impact. CrowdSolve is the world's largest and earliest stage climate accelerator, supporting climate and impact founders in bringing ventures to life.

In this podcast episode, Jason interviews the founders of Tractor Ventures, Matt Allen and Jodie Imam. Tractor Ventures is a company that offers alternative funding options for startups.

In this podcast episode of Startup Equity Matters, Jason Atkins and Judy Anderson-Firth of Euphemia, discusses the topic of creating wealth through startup-focused family offices. Judy is the CEO of Euphemia, a family office backing investors and founders in the fintech and startup industry.

Jason shares his insights on the 2023 Startup Muster Report, providing a rundown of the significant changes in the startup landscape. From the trends of fast-growing industries for startups to the largest expected revenue sources, Jason breaks down what defines the current startup ecosystem.

Bill Kerr, the CEO at Athyna, unravels the mysteries around Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and how they elevate the equity landscape for startup teams. Join Bill as he shares his expertise on how RSUs can be a game-changer, making equity structures more meaningful and rewarding for startup teams.

We have Sean Diljore who shares the untold story of creating a unicorn. Discover the challenges and triumphs of building a software empire, and explore the strategic insights that propelled a startup to unicorn status in the dynamic world of tech entrepreneurship.

We feature Michael Houck of Megaphone, as he unveils the secrets of startup raising and bootstrapping. Discover the challenges and triumphs behind building a successful venture. Exclusive insights from someone who knows what it takes to navigate the world of startup funding and self-sufficiency.

In this podcast, Jason shares a resource for startup founders – a one-stop guide to demystifying equity. Dive into guides that simplify complex equity concepts, calculate the value of your equity, and access templates for equity agreements and cap tables to streamline your startup journey.

Today, we chat with Cat Long, co-founder of Trace, as she discusses the power of equity in driving positive startup change. Gain valuable insights on the role of leadership in driving purpose-driven initiatives, learn how equity can be a catalyst for startup advancement, and explore Trace's mission.

Today, we talk with Kinde founder, Ross Chaldecott and his wealth of design, product, and leadership experience. We get to hear first-hand stories about his Shopify and Atlassian exits. Ross went from building websites and web businesses after school, to scale-up success, and now founding Kinde.

Alex Kazovsky, an expert in equity management, shares his vast knowledge and experience on how startups can effectively leverage global employee equity to drive growth, attract top talent, and secure a competitive edge.

Stuart Cook, a seasoned founder and investor, shares insights from his own experience navigating the path to a successful startup exit. Tune in as we cover strategies for attracting investors, optimizing company operations, and positioning startups for a successful exit!

Learn startup equity basics in 30 minutes! Today it's just me, running through some critical topic for every early stage startup. We cover captable basics, modeling, valuations, employee incentive plans and more. If you're new to startup equity this is a must!

Startups with women founders get around 2% of startup funding. This is not enough! How can we improve this? Join me and Marisa Warren from ALIAVIA Ventures as we talk all about funding women-led startups. We also chat about Marisa's journey, including raising for ALIAVIA and expanding to the US.

Stock Options can be confusing. There's the legals, tax, vesting, exercising.. What's the right way to do it? ISO? NSO? It can all sound complex and overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! We break it all down with Matt Secrist, benefits and compensation partner at Taft Law.

So grateful to have Cash on today. We cover what is an accredited investor and different ways that people can access startup investing. We dig into what's unique about Sweater Ventures and the awesome insights Cash has on how changing who invests impacts what gets funded.

We cover some of the most important issues that founders face when expanding to the US, from corporate & legal elements, hiring, remuneration, payroll, and of course equity. Join me and legends from Deel, Montgomery Pacific, and The Search Experience for an awesome chat!

Raising capital is super important and also super hard. Scott Fox is a known global leader with a wealth of knowledge in this topic.Tune in as we cover insights and tips so that startup founders and teams can reduce the time to raise and increase chances of success!

We talk to Ben Chong from Founder Institute and Right Click Capital. We tackled how to find great advisors, and how to pay them Founder Institute has a great template for paying advisors fairly, the FAST. We dig into that, it's a great hack. And we cover some regular advisor equity fuck ups!