Essential Tips for Building and Managing Your Headcount Plan
A well-structured headcount plan helps growing companies ensure they have the right talent at the right time, without overextending their ...
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2025 Merit Cycle Trends
Find out the latest merit cycle and compensation planning trends from Sequoia’s 2025 Compensation and Equity Report.
Top 3 Tips for a Resilient Compensation Plan
Will 2025 bring more challenges or IPOs? Discover the key steps companies can take to ensure their compensation plan stays resilient ...
Compensation Planning and Reflection Checklist
Whether you’re just starting the compensation planning process or reviewing how things went, this rundown of key steps will ...
Compensation Philosophy Essentials for Growing Companies
Learn the fundamental steps to building a compensation philosophy and how it helps growing companies attract talent, manage equity, and ...
Merit Cycle Essentials: How To Drive Business Goals While Engaging Employees
When executed right, a merit cycle is a great way to motivate and engage employees, while driving business goals. Learn ...
How to Adapt Your Compensation Philosophy as Your Company Grows
Compensation philosophies should adapt as companies change and grow. Learn what to think about through different growth and funding stages.
Merit Increases: 2024 Trends and Considerations for Different Growth Stages
Learn how to evolve your equity plan for executives as your startup grows.
Executive Compensation 101: Equity Refresh Grants
Learn how to evolve your equity plan for executives as your startup grows.
Executive Compensation 101: Nailing Equity
Learn how to design executive equity compensation, from early stage to pre-IPO, with strategies to attract and retain the leaders ...
Executive Compensation 101: Common Mistakes & Best Practices
Learn about the pitfalls to avoid and strategies to adopt when designing executive compensation.
Executive Compensation 101: Fundamentals for Planning
Learn why startups must approach executive compensation plans differently than those for employees, what makes executive comp so complex, and ...