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How Startups Are Issuing Rolling Dividends to Retain Talent
In Episode 119 of The Series A Show, Lucas and Luna explore a fresh compensation strategy gaining traction among pre-revenue startups: rolling dividends. Rather than offering traditional stock options with a fixed strike price and vesting cliff, a small but growing number of founders are structuring equity-like instruments that pay out a quarterly cash dividend—tied to company milestones rather than revenue—and vest on a rolling basis. Lucas breaks down how one B2B SaaS startup in the AI compliance space used a rolling dividend plan to close a key engineering hire at a $0 ARR stage. Luna…
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