{"id":71,"date":"2025-09-05T14:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:57:03","slug":"what-if-founders-could-simplify-one-of-the-trickiest-areas-stock-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/05\/what-if-founders-could-simplify-one-of-the-trickiest-areas-stock-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"What if founders could simplify one of the trickiest areas: stock compensation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Startups are always racing against time and cash\u2014and every minute spent on technical accounting is a minute NOT spent building the dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big news for private companies: ASC 718\u2019s practical expedient lets startups use a 409A valuation to determine the current price input of equity-classified share-based awards issued to both employees and non-employees using the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, sparing them complex models and wall-to-wall spreadsheets. This means startup teams can focus on scaling, not sweating over share price calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For founders, this is more than technical relief\u2014it\u2019s a chance to keep accounting streamlined and VC investor-ready, with fewer headaches before potential exits or public listings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart finance isn\u2019t just reporting; it\u2019s about staying nimble while building the vision ~ that\u2019s where a Fractional Controller can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 If your startup is looking to offload the accounting and GAAP compliant financial reporting requirements for your investors (\ud83d\udc4bASC 606, Internal Use Software, Lease Accounting) Contact Tekio Advisors Today\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#startups #stockcompensation #accountingforstartups #founders #ASU2021-07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#ASC718<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#PCC 2018-01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#SAAS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Startups are always racing against time and cash\u2014and every minute spent on technical accounting is a minute NOT spent building the dream. Big news for private companies: ASC 718\u2019s practical expedient lets startups use a 409A valuation to determine the current price input of equity-classified share-based awards issued to both employees and non-employees using the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, sparing them complex models and wall-to-wall spreadsheets. This&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/05\/what-if-founders-could-simplify-one-of-the-trickiest-areas-stock-compensation\/\">Read More<a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1,9,17,6],"tags":[19,14,20,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-71","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accounting-and-bookkeeping-services-in-new-york","7":"category-fractional-cfo-services","8":"category-fractional-controller","9":"category-saas","10":"category-virtual-cfo-services","11":"tag-asc-718","12":"tag-saas","13":"tag-startups","14":"tag-stock-comp","15":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tekioadvisorsllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}