ESOPs allow teams to share in the dream
First, know thyself Founders, when structuring your ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) it’s helpful to ask yourself some fundamental questions. Quite simply, what sort of company are you setting out to build and how long is it going to take you to reach profitability? If you’re a Technology company with a mandate to develop, license […]
Sun, Safety and Start-up Structure
A few years ago I wrote a blog for a former company where I explained exactly why I was such a fan of Bermuda as a place for FinTech start-ups to domicile. My conviction about Bermuda has only become stronger over time. The island has weathered the Covid-19 pandemic extremely well through a combination of […]
Crafting Your Pirate Code
“The opportunity is not to discover the perfect company for ourselves. The opportunity is to build the perfect company for each other” Simon Sinek Tweet My role as the Chief Culture Officer of a Fintech startup was to help the team do just that. To build the perfect company for each other. The collective goal […]
Our mission at [Y]our Partners
You will make mistakes leading your startup. Everyone does. Each mistake costs you precious runway. Will you make more mistakes than your runway can bear, or will you break through? Every distraction takes your time away from making better decisions. Yet everyone expects your business to magically operate like “a proper company” without the comfort […]