Posts tagged equity
When Cash Isn't the Whole Story: Equity and Alternative Comp in Fractional Work (1)

A founder once slid a term sheet across a coffee table and asked, with the practiced casualness of someone who had done this many times, whether I would consider taking part of my fee in equity. He named a percentage. He named a valuation. He did the math out loud.

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I Will Not Fumble This Question Again

I fumbled… I talked about the fact that we are a small and newer business, that the founder and partner at the time were both older white males, that sales to this day is a white and male-dominated space, that our roster of executives is diverse, and that we can purposely match on DEI criteria.

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Don’t Fumble This Question

“How is DEI addressed in your company?” That was the question I was asked by the leadership team of a DEI Consulting Firm when they were interviewing us for a possible engagement. I fumbled…

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