"When you're building a company, there's always the question of how much should you pay yourself. The best way to answer that question? Look at actual data." - Halle Tecco We teamed up with Rock...
This month's Thelander Digest dives into severance and change in control - which affects private company executives and key employees. It's important to have a plan in place even if there's no merger or acquisition...
The federal government and big tech companies like Google, Amazon and Apple have issued return-to-office mandates for many employees, either on a full-time or hybrid (two or three days in the office) basis. Surprisingly, many...
You might think the more a private company continues to raise capital, the more they pay their team. After all, more money could mean bigger paychecks, right? That's not always the case for every position. Based...
Recent pharmaceutical advances have placed a significant spotlight on biotech and a race to attract top talent in the field. But you might be surprised to learn that, in the past four years, medtech executive...
This month, we’re excited to release our updated analysis of technical staff-level pay premiums. In the current tech landscape, certain positions command a premium due to high demand for specialized skills, especially amidst the AI...
Welcome back to the Thelander Digest. Since March is Women's History Month, we dug into our private company dataset to look at how the representation of female C-Suite executives at private companies has changed YoY and...
Ensuring the right equity distribution in privately held companies is key. Access to real-time, quality market data helps accurately benchmark and determine competitive equity allocations for your team in relation to cash compensation. Equity, typically vested...
This month, we delve into the fundamentals of establishing a compensation philosophy and the intricacies of working effectively with your compensation committee. Creating or refining a compensation philosophy is crucial for the sustained success of...
As 2024 comes to a close, what better topic to dive into than salary increases and bonuses? Drawing on the findings from the recently published Thelander Private Company Year-End Merit Increase, Option Pool & Bonus...
