Before Exercising Your Stock Options, Read This!Way before a company turns a profit, one of the only incentives it can offer to attract talented employees is ownership or equity in the…Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023
How to think about your flexible compensation optionsShopify is arguably the most innovative businesses in Canada, and now they are taking a radically different approach to employee…Nov 1, 2022Nov 1, 2022
6 Steps to take if you were just laid off from a tech companyBecause of the amazing growth trajectory of many technology companies over the last decade or so, it’s easy to forget that the economy can…Sep 7, 2022Sep 7, 2022
Why Tech Millionaires should start a businessIf you work at a successful tech company and have been granted Employee Stock options (ESOs), restricted share units (RSUs) or other types…Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022
What to do with your RSUsPublic companies often use various stock-based compensation plans as a way to reward employees and create loyalty to the company…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Equity Compensation series: US Stocks with dividends owned by CanadiansStock options can be an extremely lucrative form of compensation. You may have heard stories of early employees at Google who were granted…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Shopify employees cashing in RSUs: Here is a way to save money. . . maybe a lot of moneyIf you work at Shopify and you’ve been accumulating restricted share Units, you’re likely days away from a vesting cliff. If you’re not…Aug 28, 2019Aug 28, 2019
Your most important asset is your human capital…Is it protected?Did you know that a 30-year-old making $70 K, will earn more than $3.8 Million dollars during his/her working years assuming 2.5%…May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Part 3: How to remove risk and pay less tax on your employee stock options.Tax is one of the more complicated subtopics in personal finance. Individuals in every tax bracket can benefit from learning about our tax…Mar 26, 2019Mar 26, 2019
Taxation of Employee Stock Options; how to pay less tax, and tax traps to be aware of.In part one, we looked at two different types of options. There are many more types and we’ll cover a few of those in part 3 of this…Mar 26, 2019Mar 26, 2019
