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Protecting Compensation Plans for CEOs & Management Teams of VC-Funded Companies in the Current Economy
ExecSense, March 2009, Minutes: 120
We are pleased to present a video seminar on “Updating Compensation Plans for CEOs & Management Teams of VC-Backed Companies: Making Sure Your Salary/Bonus/Equity is Protected in the Current Economy.” The 120-minute video seminar is guaranteed to help you identify ways to update your compensation structure, bonus packages, equity compensation and special perks to make sure your compensation is protected. The video also highlights important new changes to compensation structures and specific incentives that are critical to have included if considering raising another round of capital or pursuing an exit strategy.
The keynote speakers include leading venture capital and executive compensation lawyers Joseph Bartlett (Partner, Fish & Richardson PC), Andrew Updegrove (Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP) and Stuart Lewis (Partner, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC) who have worked with hundreds of management teams and venture capitalists and have extensive experience in updating compensation plans for executives who have received venture capital funding.
Take advantage of this resource that has been invaluable to other CEOs of VC-Backed companies. Topics covered in the seminar include:
- Specific updates to compensation structures that are being granted to CEOs and management teams of other VC-Backed companies (including key provisions to minimize tax exposure, deferred compensation, and equity bonuses – often times provisions that do not even cost the company anything additional)
- New bonus structures, equity compensation and perks being awarded to management team members of VC-Backed companies
- How to know when you should update your management compensation plan and how to tie it to specific company goals for VC-Backed companies
- Case studies of specific comp plans for executives of VC-Backed companies
The video seminar takes approximately 2 hours to view and is guaranteed to make sure that you and your management team are being compensated appropriately and that you know which key provisions executives are having updated that are essential in compensation plans.
Questions answered in the seminar include:
1. What are the updated components of CEO and management team compensation packages in VC-Backed companies?
2. What are the basics of the annual wage package for CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, CMOs of VC-Backed companies going to be next year and beyond?
3. What is the average CEO cash compensation being received by VC-Backed companies? How does this vary based on the stage and profits of the company?
4. What are the special perks being offered to CEOs and management teams that were not offered in the past?
5. Is it easier to request more equity or cash compensation?
6. How do executives value the different components of the compensation offer? What emphasis is placed on bonuses? Stocks? Wages?
7. How does the CEO package set the tone for the other compensation programs offered to additional executive members of the management team?
8. What language is important when it comes to the compensation in the employment contract? How is this new this year?
9. What are the 5-7 most important components of the employment contract and can you walk me through the wording that should be included to be most advantageous for the executive?
10. Which components are the most challenging to negotiate this year? Why?
11. Which components can be bargained away in favor of other, more important contract terms?
12. What system is most effective when trying to update an executive compensation contract?
13. When is the best time to review deferred compensation packages?
14. What is the most common compensation structure for members of the management team? Why? How has this changed since last year?
15. What terms do the VC investors usually incorporate into updated employment contracts of key management members?
16. What method is used to analyze the compensation structure for each executive when a plan is updated – CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, CMO, BOARD OF DIRECTORS?
17. What industry standards are applied to the compensation and employment contracts in the current economy?
18. What calculations and metrics are used to structure the executive compensation – what are VCs most often using as a benchmark?
19. Which structural elements constitute the greatest amount of executive pay? How is this different than in previous years?
20. How are performance measurements detailed in the employment contract and compensation agreement?
21. Which executive positions are most closely tied to performance measurements? Why?
22. How are complicated elements of the compensation plan analyzed and monitored?
23. What procedure is used to peg compensation to other organization goals?
24. What schedule is outlined for reviewing compensation against performance goals on an annual basis?
25. Which incentive based elements of the package are preferred by executives? And Venture Capitalists? How has this changed since most CEOs originally received funding?
26. Which elements of the employment contract are most important to executives? What will be most important next year?
27. What negotiating strategies and techniques are most successful when dealing with VCs in the current economy? How is this different than in previous years?
28. What are the most difficult terms to negotiate? What can the executive do to prepare for these hot topics?
29. What language must the CEO or executive insist upon when it comes to updating an employment agreement?
30. What are the non-financial aspects of the contract? Why are these important to executive level management?
31. What must executives be careful about when it comes to date specific terms of the compensation and employment contract?
32. What characterizes the motivation of venture capitalists when it comes to negotiating with management?
33. What collaborative efforts are appropriate for management when negotiating with their VC backers?
34. Which creative compensation options do executives try to include in the compensation package?
35. What terms or issues can executives expect to deal with in the future, in light of recent trends?
36. What techniques can management use to get a better compensation package?
37. How do the current tax laws influence changes to executive employment contracts?
38. What is the current thinking at VC-Backed companies regarding deferred compensation? Why?
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“Thorough, informative and interesting - these videos are an efficient, effective means of gaining in depth insight into topics that affect every executive's business decision-making.” - Greg Nowak, Partner, Pepper Hamilton
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