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Equity is a big part of compensation at most startups, including Hex. It's also very complicated, so we do everything we can to make sure current and prospective employees understand how it works and how best to manage it.

Resources

• Check out this excellent resource from Compound as a starting point to understand equity at a high level.
• Cat Wu has a great writeup about the benefits of early exercise.

  • Instructions for completing 83b Election Form

    83b Election Template (copy me)

Equity 101 sessions

We also host regular sessions with one of our Founders, explaining the ins and outs of equity and answering any questions people have. Here's the deck we go through:

Hex Equity 101

You can also check in the #equity-and-finance channel on Slack to ask general questions, and search through previous discussions around equity.