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Category: Equity education

What is ASC 718?

ASC 718 is the standard way companies expense employee stock-based compensation on an income statement. Equity awards are part of compensation and have a specific set of accounting rules, stated in ASC 718, that companies should follow.

Webinar – Avoiding 409A pitfalls

Watch our recent webinar covering common questions like “what is a 409A valuation?” and “how should common stock value compare with preferred stock value?”

Analyzing the gender equity gap

Much has been said about the gender pay gap, but most publicly available research focuses on only one part of compensation: salary. But in startups, wealth is created through equity ownership on the cap table.

Private is the new public

We believe that in the near future, the most successful companies will be able to stay private, and going public will be a less common path.

Broken cap tables

Cap tables are a necessary evil for every startup founder, CEO or CFO. Excel spreadsheets are usually riddled with mistakes. Carta is changing that.

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Employment tenure at startups

Hiring and maintaining talent at a startup is hard. With the anonymous data Carta collects, we’ve demystified employee tenure and turnover trends.