Peter McKee

Stripe just announced a new round of funding priced at $50B – an eye-popping valuation to be sure, but just half of what they had last raised at during their peak. Many private companies’ true valuations are lower than their last rounds – in many cases, much lower. This has significant implications for companies across the tech ecosystem. 

A compensation philosophy allows you to be transparent with all of your employees about your approach to total rewards. To help you get started, we’ve put together a sample compensation philosophy below. It’s designed for technology startups that pay employees with a mix of base salary, bonuses, and equity. You can use this compensation philosophy as a template for your own, or just use it as a source of inspiration.

The world’s three most famous consulting firms, Bain & Company, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and McKinsey, have recently made a number of compensation market adjustments – their largest in years. What’s going on here? 

Today we’re announcing the first release of our free product to create branded, interactive offer letters and help you capture data from offer performance. Sign up and try it out!

Welcome to Aeqium! We're excited to kick off our blog with best practices, guides, and playbooks on how to compensate your team.

I’ve released a free tool to help understand tech company compensation. Try it out, share it, let me know what you think.