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Personal Financial Planning

Personal Financial Planning = Connecting Your Life Goals To Your Finances

Key Questions This Article Answers:

What is financial planning?
Why is financial planning important?
What are the key items a financial plan focuses on?
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Public Company: Key Decisions To Make

If your company is publicly traded (both recent IPOs, or mature public company) -- these are the key decision you need to be focused on!

Key Questions This Article Answers:

What key decisions do I need to make/consider if I work for a publicly traded company?
My company just IPO'd. What do I need to know (and do)?
How do I make smart tax decisions with my stock comp for my post-IPO company?
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Pre-IPO: Key Decisions To Make

If you're at a VC-backed company; these are the critical equity decisions you need to focused on!

Key Questions This Article Answers:

What key decisions do I need to make/consider if I work for a pre-IPO company (e.g. Seed-stage through Series-E) ?
How do I decide if I should exercise my ISO/NSO options if my company is pre-IPO?
What tools exist to help me to better understand the pros/cons of exercising my ISO/NSO options if my company is pre-IPO?
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Pre-IPO: Selling, Financing, or Exchanging Stock

If you're at a VC-backed company, this is what you need to know about financing, exchanging, or selling your Pre-IPO shares!

Key Questions This Article Answers:

Should I use borrow money to exercise my options? When it is a good idea? A bad idea?
What is a pre-IPO exchange fund, and why is it something I might want to consider using?
Can I get financing on my RSUs if my company is still private/pre-IPO?
Can I sell shares of my private/pre-IPO company? How?

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