Equity 101

Equity should be accessible to everyone.
It starts with knowledge.


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Exercising · 5 min read

Welcome to Equity 101: How Vested Works

Vested is a platform for managing your equity — from negotiating for equity compensation when you get a job to exercising stock options when you leave your company.

Exercising · 7 min read

5 Things You Need to Know in Your Equity Offer


Options · 4 min read

What is an ISO?


Taxes · 6 min read

AMT Taxes, Credits, and Your Stock Options


Taxes · 5 min read

Capital Gains and Your Stock Options

Learn the essentials of exercising your stock options

Exercising
How to Sell Pre-IPO Shares on a Secondary Market

Like a dating app. But for your equity.

5 min read
Options
What Is a Cap Table?

A living record of every single share.

5 min read
Exercising
What Is a Lock-Up Period?

Time to be strategic about exercising.

5 min read
Options
Exercising Stock Options When You Have Multiple Grants

This is when things start to get really interesting.

5 min read
Options
What is a 409A Valuation and How Does It Affect You?

This is one of the most important things you'll need to know.

6 min read
Exercising
Welcome to Equity 101: How Vested Works

You exercise now. Thank us later with some shares.

5 min read
Options
How to Sell Startup Stock Options

The first step is exercising. 

5 min read
Taxes
Capital Gains and Your Stock Options

Yoda says, "For long-term capital gains, optimize, you must."

5 min read
Options
The Key Difference Between Options and Shares

You have to pay to exercise stock options and convert them to shares.

5 min read
Options
What Is a Strike Price?

Strike gold or strike out?

5 min read
Options
The Fine Print That Can Shrink Your Startup Equity Value

We’re here to break down the terms that often show up in deals between startups and investors that could affect your equity.

6 min read
Options
What is an NSO?

These are the less tax-efficient cousin to ISOs.

5 min read