In previous posts, we provided an overview of stock options and discussed different types of employee stock options. During the Internet boom, many technology companies offered stock options to...
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Oct, 12
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The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) appears ready to dramatically change the circumstances under which investors are legally solicited. Historically, since 1933 in fact, the law prohibits companies and brokers...
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Sep, 12
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Types of Employee Stock Options There are two types of ESOs available in the United States that differ by the manner in which they are taxed. The first category...
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Jul, 12
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What is an option? Options are financial instruments that are a contract allowing for an exchange in the future based upon a certain value. Option holders are afforded the...
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Jul, 12
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Under the California Franchise Investment Law, a franchise is defined as a commercial business arrangement between two or more persons where a franchisee is given the right to use...
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May, 12
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When a company needs to raise capital, people often look to others in their network to connect them with potential investors. These mediating friends are called finders. Finders introduce...
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Apr, 12
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Although much legislation has been passed requiring strong corporate governance policies specifically for public companies, it is extremely beneficial for private companies and non-profit organizations to have corporate governance...
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Apr, 12
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Corporate governance is the use of policies, institutions, laws, and customs to mediate or prevent any conflicts of interest between shareholders and managers. Typically this structure is decided and...
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Mar, 12
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A fiduciary duty is the loyalty between two parties, typically between a director or officer and his or her corporation. A fiduciary is anyone who is bounded by this...
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Feb, 12
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Although we think of electronic signatures in a very modern context, they began before the American Civil War with the invention of the telegraph. Often messages were sent in...
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Feb, 12
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