Create an Employee Equity Plan That Attracts Top Talent
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30 min
English
Design a fair equity structure for your startup team. Use AI to create a vesting schedule and communicate options.
Steps
- Determine your equity pool (typically 10–20% of company).
- Decide vesting schedule (standard: 4-year vest, 1-year cliff).
- Allocate equity: founder > lead hires > early team > later hires.
- Use the prompt to generate an equity plan document.
- Create an equity grant letter template.
- Communicate equity clearly to each employee.
- Use a tool like Pulley or Carta to track grants and vesting.
Prompts to Use
Create an equity plan. Company: {company}. Total equity pool: {pool}%. Key hires: {key_hires}. Vesting schedule: {vesting}. Generate: 1. Allocation recommendations 2. Vesting schedule (table) 3. Grant letter template (short) 4. FAQ for employees.
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