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When: Wed February 01, 2012 9:30 am
Organization: McCarter & English, LLP
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center One Broadway, 5th Floor - Havana Training Room Cambridge, MA 02142
Website: http://mccartercicseriesequitycompensation.eventbrite.com/
Entrepreneurial companies offer equity to employees as an important incentive. In this program, Rick Lucash of McCarter & English will cover the key issues in designing and implementing an equity incentive program using stock options, restricted stock and other techniques.
Topics will include:
How to choose among options, restricted stock and other compensation.
What are key elements for a successful program to attract, retain and motivate key talent?
What are the typical amounts of equity for various types of founders, officers and employees?
How does the IPO “window” affect plan design?
What are the financial and tax considerations of equity compensation?
Doors will open for networking at 9:30am.
This program is part of McCarter & English’s ongoing series at CIC on legal and business topics for entrepreneurs and emerging companies. Programs are held once or twice each month and are open to members of the CIC and their guests, as well as to the greater Boston entrepreneurial community. Contact: Rick Lucash, 617-449-6568, rlucash@mccarter.com, @ricklucash Benjamin Hron, 617-449-6584, bhron@mccarter.com, @HronEsq
About the McCarter & English Emerging Companies Group
McCarter’s Emerging Companies Group is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build and finance their businesses. The group is composed of tech-savvy lawyers who have helped build, grow, sell and take public companies across the full spectrum of businesses, including Internet, software, medical devices, new media, life sciences, cleantech, healthcare, consumer products, biotechnology, retail, e-commerce, entertainment, financial services, insurance and telecom.