Dividing Equity in a Start-up Company

with Mike Moyer

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Business & Technology

Event Overview

Equity can be a powerful tool to for a start-up company. It can be used to compensate employees, hire consultants, form partnerships and acquire things the company needs to get going while allowing you to preserve cash and limit risk.

However, how you divide up equity can make a big difference in your company’s long term success. Early mistakes can cause major problems down the road. This Dabble class will cover an equity-allocation concept, called a Grunt Fund, that allocates equity based on the relative value provided by different people. Participants will learn:

- The most common mistakes people make when rewarding equity
- How to calculate a fair value of everything
- When to engage lawyers and accountants (hint: it’s not in the beginning)
- What to do when you have to let someone go

Walk away having learned critical info that anyone starting a business, thinking of starting a business or working for a start-up should know.

Easy parking at 172 W. Madison Ave

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All ages welcome

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Mike Moyer is the author of Slicing Pie, a book about dividing up equity in early-stage companies. He is an entrepreneur who has started a number of companies including Bananagraphics, a product development and merchandising company, Moondog, an outdoor clothing manufacturing company; Vicarious Communication, Inc, a marketing technology company for the medical industry; Cappex.com, a site that helps students find the right college; College Peas, LLC which provides publications and consulting on college admissions; and Trade Show Samurai, LLC a company that teaches trade show exhibitors how to capture lots and lots of leads. In addition to his experience as an entrepreneur he has held a number of senior-level marketing positions with companies that sell everything from vacuum cleaners to financial data services to motor home chassis to luxury wine. He has taught entrepreneurship at both Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. Mike is the also the author of How to Make Colleges Want You, College Peas and Trade Show Samurai . He has an MS in integrated marketing from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He lives in Lake Forest, Illinois with his wife, two kids and the Lizard of Oz.

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