# equity Published articles for equity. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## It's Okay to Break Things: Reflections on Khan Academy's Healthy Hackathon DevFeed: [It's Okay to Break Things: Reflections on Khan Academy's Healthy Hackathon]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Khan Academy Published: 2017-03-06T23:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Khan Academy]() Topics: [Hackathon](), [Software Engineering](), [API](), [Web]() Tags: [api](), [collaboration](), [engineering](), [equity](), [hackathon](), [mozilla](), [news](), [reflections](), [software-engineer](), [web-frontend]() ### AI overview Kimerie Green reflects on participating in Khan Academy's internal Healthy Hackathon while working as a Software Engineering Fellow. She describes building Read-to-Me, an experimental project using Mozilla's Web Speech API to read Perseus widget content aloud for early learners. The project was not shipped because it needed further code review and design work, but it provided lessons about curiosity, collaboration, and software engineering. ### Source excerpt By Kimerie Green For the past few months, I have been working as a Software Engineering Fellow at ... Read more ## Meta Offers Equity Retainers as Engineers Consider Leaving After Layoffs and Reassignments DevFeed: [Meta Offers Equity Retainers as Engineers Consider Leaving After Layoffs and Reassignments]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Gergely Orosz Published: 2026-08-20T18:08:45Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer]() Topics: [Meta](), [Product Management](), [Software]() Tags: [anthropic](), [engineering](), [equity](), [google](), [jobs](), [leaving](), [meta](), [openai](), [product-management]() ### AI overview The article argues that Meta's layoffs and forced reassignments prompted engineers to seek other jobs. It reports that Meta began offering large equity retainers to some departing senior engineers, including those considering moves to Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI. ### Source excerpt In what was predictable: Meta's layoffs and forced reassignments pushed engineers not impacted by either to look for a new job. Meta is now offering large equity retainers, and it doesn't seem working ## Place good startup bets DevFeed: [Place good startup bets]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller) Published: 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Swizec Teller]() Topics: [scaling](), [Shopify](), [Database]() Tags: [core](), [equity](), [sales](), [scaling](), [shopify]() ### AI overview The author reflects on career and startup decisions, including regretting that he declined Shopify before its IPO. He argues that good bets limit downside, preserve upside, and are evaluated using factors such as problem interest, market access and growth, market size, unfair advantage, and early traction. ### Source excerpt You can't win every bet. Your goal is to be a little more right than wrong and keep playing ## Job Hopping, Career Progression, and Startup Tenure DevFeed: [Job Hopping, Career Progression, and Startup Tenure]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho Published: 2022-02-11T12:16:01Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho]() Topics: [tech jobs](), [Job]() Tags: [career](), [career-progression](), [equity](), [hiring](), [interviews](), [jobs](), [new-job](), [promotion](), [startups](), [talent]() ### AI overview The article examines why tenure can be short in technology jobs, including easier access to raises and promotions by changing employers, startup changes, rapid individual growth, and startup failure. It considers whether frequent job changes can harm a career. ### Source excerpt Red flag or sign of ambition? Hint of impatience, or rebellion of the discriminated? And what part do companies play in this? There's a lot to unpack. ## Kelsey Hightower and Diversity at Teleport DevFeed: [Kelsey Hightower and Diversity at Teleport]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: info@goteleport.com (Kafi Payne) Published: 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Teleport]() Topics: [Job]() Tags: [accountability](), [diversity](), [engineering](), [equity](), [hiring](), [inclusion](), [mental-health](), [metrics](), [process](), [recruitment](), [retention](), [startup](), [team]() ### AI overview This blog post describes Teleport's Kelsey Project and its efforts to expand diverse engineering talent through changes to recruitment, hiring, retention, promotion, equity training, community outreach, mental health support, transparent diversity metrics, and accountability. ### Source excerpt This blog post dives into the Kelsey Project and how Teleport is working to grow diverse engineering talent instead of just finding it. ## Startup Learnings What Piloting Palm Taught Me or Examples of Equity Splits DevFeed: [Startup Learnings What Piloting Palm Taught Me or Examples of Equity Splits]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Fuzzygroup Published: 2020-06-27T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Scott Johnson]() Topics: [PaLM](), [iphone]() Tags: [case-study](), [equity](), [examples](), [startup]() ### AI overview The author reflects on the history of Palm and Handspring after reading Piloting Palm, focusing on the book's examples of equity splits for startup founders and early management roles. ### Source excerpt In the age of the iPhone, it is really, really hard to imagine just how significant Palm used to be. Here are some examples: Palm used to sell over a billion dollars worth of organizers annually There were multiple compatible versions of the Palm from different companies Both Palm and Handspring, a compatible, went public with multi billion dollar valuations As late as 2010, HP acquired Palm for 1.2 billion WikiPedia I recently read the book Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring and the Birth of the Billion-Dollar Handheld Industry: https://www.amazon.com/Piloting-Palm-Handspring-Billion-Dollar-Handheld/dp/0471089656 At its heart this book is the story of Jeff Hawkins, the inventor of Palm and Donna Dubinsky, the first CEO of Palm. As Palm grew more successful and Hawkins and Dubinsky's ambitions grew, they ultimately left and founded the Palm compatible company, Handspring. If you've ever read a startup case study then I doubt this book will surprise you The single best part of this book was that it gave metrics for the equity splits that are common for early stage management positions in startups. This is something that is always hard to judge so having comparables is really useful: The CEO of a spun out company from a larger entity would likely own no more than 1 percent of the company. The CEO of an independent startup would generally have 5 percent or more. When the former CEO of Palm, Donna Dubinsky, set up a new company, HandSpring, with Jeff Hawkins, the equity split should be 2:1. The reason was that Dubinsky felt that Hawkins skills to the new company were more essential than her own i.e. Jeff Hawkins couldn't be replaced but she could be. When Ed Colligan let Palm to join Handspring as VP of Marketing, he received the percentage of company ownership that a startup's CEO would get rather than the far smaller amount that a VP normally owns. Given that we know from #2 that a CEO would get 5% then we can guess that a VP of Marketing might get 1% ## How Companies Without Racists Perpetuate Racism DevFeed: [How Companies Without Racists Perpetuate Racism]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: info@goteleport.com (Kafi Payne) Published: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Teleport]() Topics: [systems](), [.env]() Tags: [equity](), [hiring](), [inclusion](), [organizational-culture](), [policies]() ### AI overview The article argues that companies can perpetuate racism even without explicitly racist employees or policies when they respond to racial injustice with statements but fail to address systemic racism through sustained anti-racist action. It uses Teleport's own shortcomings in diversity, equity, and inclusion as a candid example. ### Source excerpt It is not enough to not be racist. We need to actively be anti-racist. Teleport is committing to diversity - Black Lives Matter. ## Teleport's efforts to improve gender diversity and support women in technology DevFeed: [Teleport's efforts to improve gender diversity and support women in technology]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: info@goteleport.com (Kafi Payne) Published: 2020-03-26T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Teleport]() Topics: [coding]() Tags: [best-practices](), [equity](), [future](), [gender](), [partnership](), [research]() ### AI overview Teleport describes its gender representation, acknowledges that women make up about 14% of its employees, and outlines efforts to improve diversity through more inclusive job-description language and a partnership with Ada Developers Academy. ### Source excerpt Women's history month is almost over, but it's still important to consider the contributions of women. ## Equity Allocation in Startups DevFeed: [Equity Allocation in Startups]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Fuzzygroup Published: 2019-11-10T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Scott Johnson]() Topics: [Risk](), [RSS Feed]() Tags: [equity](), [funding](), [startup](), [startups](), [vp-of-engineering]() ### AI overview An opinionated guide to allocating startup equity, arguing that ownership should reflect the risk and timing of each contributor's involvement. It recommends reserving equity for an employee option plan, using options rather than stock, and applying a long vesting schedule. The author illustrates these points with personal experience from Feedster. ### Source excerpt Once upon a time, I was speaking with a company founder and they mentioned that they had a VP of Engineering to whom they have given a 1/3 stake in the company. I immediately commented that was too much and then said "I'll write this down in a blog post" - and then I never did. Last night, oddly, I woke up from a deep sleep with the desire to write this down. And that brings us to this post. Here's what I can remember from that conversation: Company Stage: Pre Funding Company Type: Medical Equity Split with the VP of Engineering: 1/3 Founder Title: Yes Did VP of Engineering Put in Cash: No You Need to Understand This One of the basic rules of the startup world is that on Day 1, you, the founder, own 100% of something that is worth absolutely nothing. The goal, by the end, is that you own a much smaller percentage of something actually worth something. As an example, owning 10% of something worth $10 million is actually much, much better. The Basic Rules of Thumb for Equity Allocations Here are my rules of thumb to use for equity allocation: The more risk you take, the more you get The earlier you join, the more you get Putting time in is one type of risk Putting cash in is a greater type of risk If you, the founder, give too much equity to someone else then you can be pushed out by simply having that other person align with the investor or investors You only have 80% of the equity to play with - 20% generally goes to an ESOP (employee stock option plan) Make damn sure that you give out options not stock and a long vesting schedule (incremental over say 4 years) The bottom line is that equity, in whatever form, is a reward for taking risk. And the earlier you are involved in a startup, the more risk there is. My Personal Experience from Feedster A long, long time ago, I founded a blog search engine named Feedster. I merged with another RSS search engine shortly after coming to market to address some technical limitations in my architecture. We did the typical nerd fo ## Finance basics DevFeed: [Finance basics]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Graham King Published: 2005-10-23T16:18:11Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Graham King]() Topics: [Finance]() Tags: [bank](), [corporate](), [details](), [equity](), [finance](), [government](), [money](), [repo]() ### AI overview An introductory reference covering financial concepts including securities, bonds, convertible bonds, repurchase agreements, and the time value of money. It notes that its accuracy is not guaranteed. ### Source excerpt Definitions and details of the financial world, with no guarantee of accuracy.