Welcome to our blog! This is a free resource we’ve built to give you everything you need to get up to speed on your stock options. Here, we'll dive into some of the questions that may already be on your mind, chat about the basics: what you should know about stock options, and highlight the benefits to financing your options with ECP.

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Restricted Stock Units (RSUs): What You Need to Know

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In this article we’re going to discuss a third type of stock-based compensation: RSUs, or restricted stock units. While RSUs are a form of stock-based compensation

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7 Reasons ECP is the Right Partner to Finance Your Stock Options

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ECP provides funding to people like you to help cover the costs associated with exercising stock options. Whether you’re a current or former employee at a high-quality venture backed

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How to Manage Your Risk: Evaluating Your Stock Options Offer (Part 1)

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This post is the first part of a of a 3 part series on managing the risk of your stock options at different points in your employment cycle

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The Basic Guide to NSOs: What You Need to Know

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The “non-qualifying” aspect of the NSO refers to the fact that the stock option award does not qualify for favorable tax treatment by the IRS, this is in contrast to the ISO award which is

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The Basic Guide to ISOs: What You Need to Know

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The Incentive Stock Option (ISO) grant is classified by the IRS as eligible for special tax treatment. This enables holders to pay taxes only once - at the point of sale - as opposed to twice

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NSOs vs. ISOs: What You Need to Know

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The major difference between ISOs and NSOs is how each type of option is taxed, both at the point of exercise and the point of sale of the stock. Let’s start with NSOs. NSOs do not qualify

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AMT: A Crash Course - What It Is and Why It Matters

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The alternative minimum tax is a parallel tax code that was originally conceived in order to prevent high income individuals from paying almost zero taxes by utilizing certain deductions

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Exercising Your Stock Options: The One Article You Need to Read

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In order to exercise your options, you must be able to pay your exercise price per share, which was the price agreed upon at the initiation date of your contract. Along with this, you may also

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What Is a Vesting Schedule? Your Quick Guide

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Vesting is the manner in which an employee is able to earn an asset. In this case, the asset is the underlying common stock outlined in the grant. The idea behind vesting is that an

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Early Exercise

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Early exercise may be beneficial for the employee for both types of options, ISOs and NSOs. For ISOs, early exercise can help the holder qualify for the favorable tax treatment that ISOs

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