Here's links to the best web content on startup employee stock:
1. Risk/Reward
Calculating percentage ownership and understanding fully diluted capital, #1-2 of The 14 Crucial Questions About Stock Options, Andy Rachleff, the Wealthfront Blog
How to value an offer, Right to Value How-To, Stock Option Counsel Blog
How to use the company's VC valuation to evaluate your equity offer, Video, Stock Option Counsel Blog
How to calculate the future value of your equity by estimating dilution and valuation, John Greathouse's Blog
How to ask about valuation, #11-13 of The 14 Crucial Questions About Stock Options, Andy Rachleff, the Wealthfront Blog
How preferred stock rights make common stock less valuable, Stock Option Counsel Blog
Knowing your market rate with regards to startup equity, #3-4 of The 14 Crucial Questions About Stock Options, Andy Rachleff, the Wealthfront Blog
How to know how much is enough equity for a pre-Series A startup, Stock Option Counsel Blog
Four factors of how startups decide your salary and equity Mary Russell & Boris Esptein on the Stock Option Counsel Blog
Four factors of how startup decide your equity offer VIDEO Mary Russell & Boris Esptein on the Stock Option Counsel Blog
Negotiating Compensation An Engineer's Guide to Silicon Valley Startups
2. Vesting
Acceleration upon change of control, Gil Silberman on Quora
When acceleration upon change of control does not make sense, Gil Silberman on Quora
What is vesting; what is acceleration upon change of control? #5 & #8 of 14 Crucial Questions about Stock Options, Andy Rachleff, Wealthfront Blog
Does my vesting make sense? Stock Option Counsel Blog
3. Ownership
Can the company take back my vested shares if I leave?, #6 of The 14 Crucial Questions About Stock Options, Andy Rachleff, the Wealthfront Blog
How Skype's repurchase rights gave certain employees $0 of $8.5 billion acquisition payouts, Felix Salmon on Reuters Blog
4. Tax Benefits
Three Ways to Avoid Tax Problems When You Exercise Options, Bob Guenley, Wealthfront Blog
Ensuring company compliance with tax rules - and your tax rights - when negotiating an offer, #9-10 of 14 Crucial Questions About Stock Options, Andy Rachleff on the Wealthfront Blog
Incentive stock options, Michael Gray, CPA
Non-qualified employee stock options Michael Gray, CPA
5. Overview
The 14 Crucial Questions About Stock Options, Andy Rachleff, the Wealthfront Blog