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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – Key Equity Terms
Description: Key Equity Terms Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Equity represents the ownership stake in a startup. Here are some key terms to know about equity. Vesting -- the transfer of equity ownership from the company to the employee.  A typical vesting schedule is four years. Each month a portion of the promised equity is vested which gives the employee ownership over that portion. One-year cliff -- this term is used with vesting and indicates vesting starts after one year. Companies do this to encourage employees to...