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Employee Equity
Owning equity in your company can yield life-changing results.
At Carta, we’ve helped empower over 1.7 million equity owners. Learn everything you need to know—from our trusted experts.
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December 2025
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Equity in business: A founder's perspective
Learn the fundamentals of company equity, including the different types you will issue and how to manage ownership as you build your business.
Employee Resource Center
January 2025
Startup equity calculator
Learn how to value your startup equity and download our startup equity calculator to see what your equity could be worth. Calculate your startup equity value today.
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Equity
December 2025
Vesting: A guide to equity schedules
Learn everything you need to know about vesting, including how vesting schedules work and how to structure them for your team.
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Equity Education
July 2025
Strike price
Wondering what determines strike prices and how much your stock options could be worth? Learn about what a strike price is and how options can gain value over time.
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Types of equity
What are stock options and how do they work?
Incentive Stock Options (ISOs)
Non-Qualified Stock Options (NSOs)
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Equity 101 video course
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What is equity?
The short answer: Equity is partial ownership in a company. Walk through why owning equity in a private company can have seriously life-changing results.
VIDEO COURSE
How vesting works
Vesting usually means earning the right to actually own your equity. And that’s often a matter of time.
VIDEO COURSE
How to sell your shares
What are the different ways you can sell your shares in a private company, and what do you need to consider before you make that decision?
VIDEO COURSE
What is equity?
The short answer: Equity is partial ownership in a company. Walk through why owning equity in a private company can have seriously life-changing results.
How vesting works
Vesting usually means earning the right to actually own your equity. And that’s often a matter of time.
How to sell your shares
What are the different ways you can sell your shares in a private company, and what do you need to consider before you make that decision?
Exercising and taxes
What does it mean to exercise stock options?
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How stock options are taxed
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What is the alternative minimum tax (AMT)?
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Data & Research
May 2026
State of Startup Compensation H2 2025
AI is reshaping how founders build and compensate their teams. Smaller teams are proliferating. Since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, overall hiring has slowed, departures have fallen, and net headcount growth has flattened.
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Product Updates
May 2026
The Change Agents Briefing
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Taxes
April 2026
The alternative minimum tax (AMT), explained
Learn about the alternative minimum tax (AMT), how it can create a tax liability when you exercise incentive stock options, and how to calculate AMT for your tax return.
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Liquidity
April 2026
The secondary market, explained
Understand the function of the private secondary market and how companies can benefit from secondary liquidity and secondary market transactions.
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Equity Management
April 2026
Understanding equity incentive plans for corporations and LLCs
Learn how to create and manage an equity incentive plan, including the different types of equity awards, key design decisions, and legal requirements.
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Compensation
March 2026
Compensation philosophy: Creating a framework for compensation
Learn how to create your first compensation philosophy, a clear framework that will help you make consistent decisions regarding compensation as you build your team.
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Compensation
March 2026
Creating a compensation plan that wins top talent
Learn how to build and manage a strategic compensation plan that attracts and retains top talent, manages your burn rate, and builds a culture of ownership.
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Compensation
March 2026
Employee compensation: A founder's guide to compensation packages
Learn how to build a competitive employee compensation package to attract top talent and stay compliant as you scale.
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QSBS
February 2026
QSBS rollovers: A founder’s guide to the Section 1045 rollover
Learn how to preserve qualified small business stock (QSBS) eligibility through an IRC Section 1045 rollover and how eligible taxpayers can report a QSBS rollover.
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