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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso -- Equity Vesting
Description: Equity Vesting Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Vesting is conveying the ownership of equity to the holder. Vesting schedules show the rate at which equity is vested over time. It is used to ensure founders and employees stay with the company till the proposed milestones are achieved. Investors will look for standard vesting schedules on all equity given to founders, co-founders, and employees.  The standard vesting schedule for early-stage companies is a four-year vesting schedule with a one-year cliff for founders and employees. The one-year cl...