Many people who have been working on their startups for half a day still don't understand how shares are calculated in the U.S……

Some viewers asked me what I had heard about Fully Diluted Shares, and what is this about? This Fully Diluted Shares is actually the calculation of Option Pools……

Founders often see lawyers start their companies with 10,000,000 initial shares, and the question that arises is why do startups need so many shares……

All of these questions can be seen in the company's Cap Table, which has been with the founders since day one and has been updated throughout the company's life cycle……

Traditional IPO pricing methods include the Fixed Price Method, Inquiry Pricing Method, and Book-Building Method……

When it comes to Vesting Schedule (maturity/vesting period), many people will have a misunderstanding that as long as there is this word, said the employee options......

83(b) is a letter that founders need to send to the IRS, which is usually one page long and must be filed within 30 days after the founders get the Restricted Stock……

Entrepreneurs should often hear about the concept of Single Trigger/Double Trigger, so what do each of these two mechanisms mean? How should entrepreneurs choose……

As a founder, how much option pool should you set aside for your company? How many options should be allocated to different levels of employees……

Pinduoduo's share price also fell from a once-record high of $212.6 to close at $39.37/ADS, instantly evaporating 80% of its market value……

The concept of equity proxy is basically a question that every Chinese entrepreneur asks when starting a company in the United States……

When it comes to betting agreements, I'm sure you're no stranger to them. "Betting is very common in China's venture capital circles, and can even be said to be standard……

In some startups, the shareholdings of several founders are relatively dispersed, and there is not an overwhelming majority shareholder……

In the process of development of startups, equity will be gradually diluted, and many entrepreneurs will say that they want to use the "same share different rights" structure……

All entrepreneurs who come to the US to start a business say they want to build a VIE structure, which used to be the required structure for Chinese companies to go public in the US, note the word "used to be"......

Today, let's consider the reasons for this phenomenon in the nearly 20-year history of China's IPO site selection……

When it comes to Douyin's reorganisation of its international structure, "de-bytarisation" has been a key word throughout……

Let's take a look at what makes NVIDIA's architecture different compared to Zoom's, and why.

More mysterious than its company structure, neither belongs to the VIE structure, nor belongs to the Zoom structure, another way to use Singapore as the headquarters……

Temu, which entered North America in the second half of 2023, sponsored the Super Bowl in the U.S.