Founders
Vesting and cliffs: how UK founder and employee equity actually vests over time
The near-universal UK standard is four-year vesting with a one-year cliff, meaning a founder or employee who leaves before their first anniversary walks away with none of their equity at all.
By Daily Tech Times ·
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